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    New Skin: a flash fiction collection
    New Skin: a flash fiction collection
    New Skin: a flash fiction collection
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    New Skin: a flash fiction collection

    By Elizabeth McCleary

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    A curious security guard breaks the rules.
    An aggressive scavenger tracks a magical hoard.
    A zealous petitioner asks a question.
    A cursed princess learns the truth.
    An introverted fairy defies her sisters.
    A repulsive priest breaks his solitude.

    Six bite-sized stories pursue connections both unique and mundane, proving that ugly is only skin deep, and affinity doesn’t always seek its own.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOrange Pear Media
    Release dateJan 25, 2015
    ISBN9781386550358
    New Skin: a flash fiction collection

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      New Skin - Elizabeth McCleary

      New Skin

      New Skin

      A flash fiction collection

      Elizabeth McCleary

      Orange Pear Media

      For Andrew.

      Forever.

      Contents

      1. Empty Girl

      2. The Cache

      3. The Question

      4. Skin Deep

      5. Full Circle

      6. Cursed

      Acknowledgments

      A request

      About the Author

      By Elizabeth McCleary

      1

      Empty Girl

      S he just sits there, staring. It’s creepy, you know ?

      I watch the girl on the monitor at my station. The doctors have run their usual tests — shining a light in her eyes, taking her blood pressure, filling numerous vials with bodily fluids. I feel sorry for her, I say into the phone. Going to the doctor sucks enough. This poor kid has half-a-dozen of them all to herself.

      I hear a sigh from the other end of the line. You’re a moron. My nurse girlfriend is never one to mince words. Of course they have to run tests. Who knows how long she’s been out there, alone, or what kind of problems she might have.

      I know, I just … hey, gotta go. I press the end call button on my

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