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The Pygmy tribe of Central Africa consider it to be a symbol of great beauty for young women to have their teeth shaped into triangles. This procedure is done, using a machete. |
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The Northern Snakehead Fish can grow up to 3-feet long and an adult can eat prey as large as itself. Under the right conditions, they can use their long fins as legs, enabling them to crawl across land to find a new pond or river. They can survive on land for up to four days. |
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Short-Shorts
Housed within this
virtual Gallery is a listing of our Flash Fiction. Shorter tales that
tickle the imagination and give but a glimpse into strange
places where the unusual happens . .
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Bad Water
by
Sandra Miller, Arkansas |
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The warm breeze pushed gentle
little waves across the pond, waves that caught the rays of
the sun and reflected them like sparkling jewels.
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Crossing
by
Jamie Lackey, Pennsylvania |
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I was a third of the way over the 40th Street Bridge
when I saw her.
Lawrenceville isn't the safest neighborhood in Pittsburgh, even
during the day, and I always run at night.
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God's
Website
by Lee
Gimenez, Florida |
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Michael logs on and types in the web address. GOD’s home
page pops up, the 3-D image of the Father looking down at
him. |
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The Good
Wife
by
Robert Mancebo, Oregon |
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As he forced the ash shaft of his spear down against the
raider's throat, Styrr could feel it begin to crush the
man's windpipe.
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Laughing Linda
by
Adrienne Ray, Virginia |
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"That comes to $989.73," the
salesclerk said.
Ted handed her his charge card and didn't bat an eye.
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The Mad King
by
Erin M. Kinch, Texas |
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The mad king of Nadal brooked no insolence and had
important men executed for treason if they wore the
wrong color hat. |
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One Minute of Beauty
by
Andrew Knighton, United Kingdom |
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The sounds of rioting outside
the window were almost drowned by the clatter of machinery
within. Monsieur Duval's power-looms pumped and pounded,
steam spurting from pressurised pipes as warp and weft were
bound together . . .
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Phone Calls from the Dead
by
Tessa Johnstone, Virginia |
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So my new cell-phone rang.
The one with the international roaming plan I can take
anywhere in the world and the unlisted number I hadn’t
given to anyone. |
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Pilfered Emotions
by
Sean Wilt, Indiana
 1st
Fiction Sale |
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Midnight Cafe. The
name suggested an exotic place where Goth teens
discussed their miserable lives. Instead, it resembled a
1950s diner. |
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The Potting Shed
by
Tony Thorne MBE, Austria |
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"I enjoy listening to the
rhythm, life is dependable in here. The aspirators'
wheeze, the cheerful gurgle of drip feeds and the
pacemakers' pulsing throbs. John Seven over there lost
his left kidney. |
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A Public Service
Announcement From:
I Am Democracy
by
S. R. Dantzler, Florida
1st
Paid Sale |
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"Sessions are currently
closed to minors, Mrs. Wescott," said the MindLink
administrator. Allen fidgeted in the uncomfortable
chair. |
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Snow White
and the Seven Neanderthals
by
Truh Anje Hoursburg, New York
1st
Fiction Sale |
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Snow White decided she
would have to go live with the Neanderthals. That was
after her step mom, the Queen, had hired someone to try
to kill her. |
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