Ficly is now live!

I mentioned a while back (holy crap, and it’s still on the front page) that Kevin Lawver was going to re-incarnate the long-lost property that AOL killed, Ficlets, into a new creation. And now that day has come. Introducing Ficly! I haven’t had a chance to really play with it yet, but here’s some things […]

Ficlets REBORN! (sort of)

I missed this news by a solid week, but it bears mentioning. Kevin Lawver has finally posted the entirety of the recently deceased Ficlets library online, and it is a thing of beauty. Beautiful not just in the fact that it contains thousands upon thousands of miniature stories, the bright flashes of life and insight […]

Kevin Lawver leaves AOL…and Ficlets

Kevin Lawver, the AOL developer behind the amazing short collaborative fiction site Ficlets, has taken a position with another company after 13 years at AOL. I learned about it first in a tweet earlier this morning. That was followed not long after by a subsequent blog post on Ficlets. Kevin built an absolutely amazing site […]

Ficlet: “Ancient Children”

Today, as part of my fairly excellent birthday vacation day, I got to go to Caleb’s school and eat lunch with him. It was a great experience, eating a meal with prekindergarteners that laugh and joke and make fun of their food. The experience actually inspired a brand new birthday Ficlet entitled “Ancient Children“. The […]