Sheryl's Short Stories

This is the page for Sheryl's short stories. What do they all have in common? Well, they're short. No wait, they actually range from 3k to about 40k. I suppose this is just the catch-all page...in any case, enjoy.

A Mother's Thoughts: A Scully thinks about Emily...

Alone In The Night: Dark thoughts and dark memories.

Alternatives: An evening of What ifs...

Angels: What do you believe?

Arguments: Thoughts and feelings when Mulder and Scully have a fight.

Ashes to Ashes: After all is lost, what do you do?

At The Playground: A chance encounter illustrates a fact of life for Scully..

Bad Connection: Cancerman finds that he's not the baddest guy on the block...

Before We Knew...:Scully points out a truth they never thought of...

Benefits: Mulder contemplates work and its benefits...

Best Friends: Scully realises that some friendships last forever...

Big Sister: Thoughtful words from a sibling lead Scully to take a chance...

Blood and Tears: A scare sends Scully into some deep thinking and talking with her partner.

Brandy's: A bartender and a drunk...

Brandy's II: A bartender and another drunk...

Bubbles: Scully ponders a strange coincidence in some of their cases...

Chains: Mulder contemplates why he is the way he is... deep, huh?

The Christmas Tree: New Year's Eve and Dana finds one last present under the tree...

Cloudbusting: Lunch in a park and a hobby to learn.

Comics: Tales from the basement...

Companion: Scully finds comfort with an old friend.

Dark Voices: Mulder ponders options in his relationship with Scully.

Different Worlds: Ma Mulder contemplates her life...

The Drive (Anasazi): The drive to New Mexico.

Family Matters: Melissa Scully ponders her sister's future...

Fever (Anasazi): A exploration of the night Mulder spends with Scully, sick with the death of his father...Second place winner of 1995 Spooky award for best short story.

Fireworks: Mulder and Scully watch a holiday display... what, you want Keats?

First Impressions: Just a pair of drunks talking... well, what did you want?

Five Watchers: Some things can't be avoided...

Flash Fire: Scully has a flashback attack, causing Mulder to question the past and the unfortunate aftereffects.

Flight: How do you get from here to there and surviving the trip.

Forgetting How to Dream: Pondering the effects of work...

The Game: A discussion interrupts a basketball game.

Going On: Scully tries to figure out what keeps Mulder so strong in his faith.

Good Morning: A daily routine of habit and hope.

Human Touch: Mulder and Scully fight.... and don't really make up...

I Wish...: A thoughtful meeting between partners...

In Plain Sight: A police officer in Mulder's apartment during "Gethsemane"...

In The Shower: What do you do when you hear things in the shower?

It: Scully has an unusual encounter...

It Hurts: A few thoughts on Christmas morning...

Keeping The Faith: Scully finds an old file dating back before her return.

The Kiss: Emotions and feelings finally break out in a single...

Late At Night: Thoughts late at night...

Little Helper: Sometimes the worst person you want to see when sick is the best...

Locked Doors: An angry Scully demands Mulder do his paperwork.

Lost Time: Scully realizes how much she's lost to the X-Files...

Memories: Thoughts in the middle of the night about the past, present and the future...

Mirror, Mirror: Scully pauses to think for a bit about herself and where she has been and where she's going...

Moon And Sun: Aspects of our two agents are like...

A Mother's Tale: Mrs. Scully ponders her future and her daughter's.

Musings of a Skeptic: Scully ponders her life...

The New Writer's Guide to Silly Sex Stories: A do-it-yourself guide to writing sex stories.

Next Level: Scully pushes the limits for Mulder...

Night Flight: Late at night strange thoughts come to the front of your mind...twist...

Night Walk: Mulder's insommia leads to an interesting solution.

Nine Minutes: Scully wonders about time...

One More Night: Thoughts one night in the mind of one Fox Mulder...

Out On A Limb: Mulder and Scully, sitting in a tree...

Paperwork: A series of memos to and from the basement detailing another war of sorts that the agents have to deal with - the bureaucracy inside the Bureau that threatens them every time they make a claim.

Perceptions: What do you think you look like to others... and to yourself?

Phone Home...: Sometimes you just have to talk to someone...

Playing The Game: Thoughts during batting practice...

The Price: What would you give up to find the truth?

Quests: Some searches are immortal...

Renewal: Scully remembers a fateful decision long ago...

Ripples: Mulder thinks about the paths untaken...

Rolling Thunder: Mrs. Scully demands answers from her daughter...

Roses and Thorns: Scully makes a short visit to her sister's grave.

Roswell Place: A soap opera... what did you expect?

Running: A daily run for Mulder...

Saturday Night: Thoughts late one Saturday night...

Shoreline: Mulder helps Scully to try and see the better side of things.

Sideshow: Things are never what they seem... and some things are what they seem...

Silent Prayers: A series of thoughts from Mulders and Scullys...

Sittin' and Thinkin': Mulder ponders over his past and his future.

Sittin' and Thinkin' II: At the same time, Scully is wondering what's going on...

Sleepwalker: Mulder and Scully are called to help a dying woman get a gifted child to safety.

Snapshots: Mulder looks through his memories in a photo album.

Socks: Flickfic - between the final snow scene and back in civilisation...

Soup and Sandwiches: Mulder is sick and Scully drops by...

A Spooky Christmas: Christmas Eve, and Mulder's worried...

Spring Cleaning: Scully confronts some unpleasant memories one Saturday...

Stakeout

Sunday Morning: A lazy day and a lazy time to talk... not much of a plot, eh?

The Talk: Dana has dinner with her mother... 'nuff said...

Tea Time: Scully receives a visitor...

Testing, testing... : A visit to a local fair sends Scully to thinking...

Thighs On Fire: A search for a pencil in Scully's desk reveals some secrets...

Through The Looking Glass: Mulder wonders how he must look to others...

Touchdown: Sports and reality collide in the office.

Tongue Tied: Mulder makes the most important speech of his life...

Tradition: Margaret Scully does some writing.

Transitions: Scully thinks about things...

Two Mothers: Who you are and what you are and why you are...

Two Reasons: What it all comes down to is why...

Under The Skin: Misery is relative...

Unlocking The Doors: Mulder does a favour for Scully.

Vibrations: A scientific experiment between the partners.

The Visit: Dana goes to Melissa's grave and finds an unexpected visitor.

The Waiting: Scully waits and wonders...

A Walk in The Park: So you have a new dog...

Wanderers: Quarantine... some times are a bit closer than others...

The Watchers: Somebody's watching me...

Water Sports: Mulder in the pool... need I say more?

Waves: Scully contemplates the dangers of their cases.

Wrong Place...: Scully ponders the meaning of fate...


The links for the sites where I got these pictures can be found on my credits page