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i found this over at the daily cat chase. she is fun to read.

Flash Fiction Fright

"Vanity"

In a hotel downtown I bought a 1900’s vanity with mirrors. It made me feel glamorous. I loaded my vanity with cosmetics and brushes, and left the room for a predate beauty walk. The sun sank behind the autumnal hills as I donned my sexy wench Halloween costume. I arranged my long red curls. As I leaned forward to powder my décolleté I heard a long painful breath. The red wig flopped off as my head whipped around searching for the intruder. Again the breath exuded from the mirrors. “Make it good, baby. It’s the last night you get.”

an entry to Fireflies in the the Cloud's 1st Annual Flash Fiction Contest!

I am reminded by this exersize of Mark Twain's quotation -- "The difference between the almost right word and the right word is the difference between the lightning- bug and the lightning."

Myself

I have a deep and dark confession. I think I may be a narcissist. I used to constantly take pictures of myself. The quality is questionable, I think I may look a little tweaked out in some of them. I wonder why I am compelled to photographically record my face. Perhaps it is because no one takes photos of me. Or the ones they do I am not too pleased with. I think it was mainly the purchase of a digital camera and I am interested in point of view. I think I may get a glimpse of myself as others see me. I see the crooked eyes, and the long face, I see the red spot on my nose from the bite of a spider in Mexico. I see a warm kinda kooky smile. I like what I see. I am not a great beauty, but I don't have to be. I am smart and funny. Yeah ME! My digital camera swivels so I can look at me while I take a picture of me. So which came first the self photos or the swivel cameras. As I am in a confessing mood... The pictures of me.

I just went and took the last 2 pictures of me. I am glad that now I have better things to obsess over.

Please just don't get me started on my profile.