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Shatter Me
#100StoryChallenge — No40
The doll was broken when he saw her.
“You’re such a sad thing,” he murmured, his hand stroking down her ruined cheek. Her glass eyes stared out, empty, as if no soul had ever graced her fragile form.
“You want her?” the salesman asked. “She may not be worth fixing.”
“Maybe not,” he said, “but I’d like to try.”
“She didn’t have such a great ending from what I’ve read,” the salesman replied. “She may try to kill you.”
He offered a bitter smile. “It’ll be a good story.”
It had been quite the story the first time around too.
This is a part of my endeavor to go back to writing tighter fiction with more stringent word counts. It’s just one attempt at the 100 Story Challenge because I thought it would be a good exercise to do to keep my imagination sharp. We’ll see how it goes.
For longer fiction, you may enjoy my stories linked below:
