Short Stories
Chemistry Blows
This was written for a Writing.com 69 word contest which I got 2nd place for. The piece is actually from an old story called Majick.
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"A drop of this."
"A drizzle of that."
"A pinch of this."
The second the white powder dusted the top of the mixture an explosion rocked the laboratory.
A blackened hand pulled an equally filthy body up behind the table. A charcoal streaked face turned slowly as hazel eyes surveyed the room through grime-filmed glasses that lay crooked across a nose. A cloud of smoke escaped thin lips.
"Oops."