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Fresh Air
by Marge Simon
Queen Morda was a vile woman who practiced bathing only in blood. Her rancid odor was overpowering. Her courtesans finally convinced her to do something about it. On a dark afternoon, she summoned a certain villager to attend her throne. He panicked and tried to flee, but the townsfolk dragged him to her castle and pushed him forward. He crouched in a circle of iron prongs, unable to move without pain. What did she want of him? A particularly useless little man, poor as dirt. But in his presence, the queen’s awful stench began to dissipate. Of course, Morda commanded the poor guy to spend the rest of his life beside her, for he simply smelled wonderful. That is until he finally died of boredom and then things got really smelly.
Fiction © Copyright Marge Simon
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