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Monday Microfiction: "Treasures"
- Jennifer Peaslee
- Dec 8
- 1 min read
This week's microfiction is a 70-word story about true treasure.
Many of my micro stories are inspired by prompts provided by THE FICTION DEALER Substack. I highly recommend checking it out if you’re interested in reading more microfics — or writing your own!
Treasures
On her knees, she dug through the soil, staining her hands and accumulating dirt under manicured nails. With dogged determination, she dug deeper and deeper, inhaling the earthy scent.
When her fingernails grazed against something hard, her breath stuttered. Had she found it?
She scraped away the dirt until she fully unearthed the small, walnut box.
Opening it, she found the treasure she’d left as a child: her Pog collection.
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