(A really great story) LATE BLOOMER by Maria Protopapadaki-Smith

Gods do not always beget gods. It is rare, but sometimes it happens that the union of two perfectly ordinary gods can result in a mortal child. I fear I might be such a child. I am 14 - not far from 15, in fact - but my back is still bare. A few months ago there was another in my group of peers who had not sprouted yet either, so no one was worried. Late bloomers, they called us. It will come, they said. You will sprout when you least expect it, they promised. But my back is still bare.

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5 Second Fiction Four Hundred and Ninety Nine

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5 Second Fiction Four Hundred and Ninety Eight

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5 Second Fiction Four Hundred and Ninety Seven

The clown car skidded into oncoming traffic; torn metal, broken glass and rubber noses littered the highway.

5 Second Fiction Four Hundred and Ninety Six

She was very concerned about sin – everyone else's' anyway.

5 Second Fiction Four Hundred and Ninety Five

Amazing Ed insisted that his invisible and intangible sidekick was not imaginary.

5 Second Fiction Four Hundred and Ninety Four

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5 Second Fiction Four Hundred and Ninety Three

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5 Second Fiction Four Hundred and Ninety Two

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5 Second Fiction Four Hundred and Ninety One

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5 Second Fiction Four Hundred and Ninety

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5 Second Fiction Four Hundred and Eighty Nine

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5 Second Fiction Four Hundred and Eighty Eight

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5 Second Fiction Four Hundred and Eighty Seven

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5 Second Fiction Four Hundred and Eighty Six

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5 Second Fiction Four Hundred and Eighty Five

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5 Second Fiction Four Hundred and Eighty Four

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5 Second Fiction Four Hundred and Eighty Three

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5 Second Fiction Four Hundred and Eighty Two

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5 Second Fiction Four Hundred and Eighty One

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5 Second Fiction Four Hundred and Eighty

Scientists created a device that gave orgasms based on Twitter popularity. Sadly no one Re-Tweeted the news.

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