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Circles

a microfiction

By Matthew J. FrommPublished 6 months ago 1 min read
Circles
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She thumbed through the yearbook until she found his face. Circling it with a red sharpie, she remembered a time she’d do the same to her friends, her crushes. Harmless pre-summer fun.

“Detective?”

“Confirmed. John Tellbuck. Senior.”

John’s white, blank face offered no confirmation.

“Come on. There's more to ID.”

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A/N:

Written for a microfiction submission where the prompt was to write a fifty word story focused on a circle. Alas, I was not selected.

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Matthew J. Fromm

Full-time nerd, history enthusiast, and proprietor of arcane knowledge.

Here there be dragons, knights, castles, and quests (plus the occasional dose of absurdity).

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