99 word prompt : acronym

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August 23, 2018, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story that includes magic. It can be a supernatural force, a moment or idea, or use it as a verb. Go where the prompt leads.

If you want to participate, here’s the link:  https://carrotranch.com/2018/08/24/august-23-flash-fiction-challenge/

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“Dr. Michael Arden?” The young woman with a recorder asked, “Why did you become a scientist?”

Should I remind the world?  Why not?  “You do realize this is a funeral and we’re standing in front of my mother’s casket?”

“You’re a hard man to corner for an interview.”

“My mother believed in magic, used a cauldron and thought she could talk to fairies.”

Wide eyed, she gasped, “Your mother was a witch?” 

 “If you could read, you would know why,” I scoffed at her.  “Mother was schizophrenic! MAGIC is nothing but an acronym for mentally addled gullible insecure citizen.”

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