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Thirteen of the Secrets in My Purse

ShortStory 1,159 words Recommended by 1 award/anthology source

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"One: My lipstick. The shade is Heart’s Blood. Morbid, if you ask me. I wanted to know if it was really the color of heart’s blood so I bought beef heart and tried dabbing my lips. Close enough. I emailed to congratulate the lipstick company on their realism. They did not respond."

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WhimsicalDarkly ComicMagical RealismUnsettlingFragmentedSpeculative FictionUrbanWryMemoryContemporaryBelongingFantasyFirst PersonIdentityVoice Driven

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