\"Writing.Com
*Magnify*
SPONSORED LINKS
BY ONLINE AUTHORS
Printed from https://shop.writing.com/main/view_item/item_id/1904165-True-Face
Item Icon
\"Reading Printer Friendly Page Tell A Friend
(23)
Rated: E · Short Story · Dark · #1904165
55-word flash fiction. An iconic figure gets ugly...
“Give it to me!” she hissed.

He trembled.  “B-but, it’s for...for  the…”

“Tooth Fairy?”  Her eyes flashed in fury.  “Who the hell do you think I am?”

His eyes widened in shock.  “You?”

She bared her teeth, grotesque, jagged, misshapen.  She snatched the tooth from his shaking fingers.

“No one ever said I was pretty.”

© Copyright 2012 elizjohn (elizjohn2000 at Writing.Com). All rights reserved.
Writing.Com, its affiliates and syndicates have been granted non-exclusive rights to display this work.
Printed from https://shop.writing.com/main/view_item/item_id/1904165-True-Face