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Rated: 13+ · Book · Contest Entry · #2275858
A collection of micro-fiction stories written for the The Micro-Fiction Challenge.
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#1037327 added September 5, 2022 at 12:18am
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Reveal
It was a perfect summer day. Rachel couldn’t contain her excitement as she set the table and placed baby bottle decorations along the walls in pink and blue. She paused for a minute to catch her breath, placing a hand on her enlarged stomach. You’d better be a girl.

The guests filed in and gathered in the backyard for the main event: a black and white checkered box with a huge question mark painted on it. Rachel opened the box, releasing a single balloon that was… green?

Three months later, Rachel delivered a healthy baby boy with bright green skin.

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