Microfiction Day 23 – “The Trick”

“Do you want to see a magic trick?”

A shrug, impassive shoulders.

He sighed, the makeup on his face tight across his cheeks.

He pulled a rope from his pocket with a smile that made the child instinctively take a step back.

Fear of clowns was ruining his life. Coulrophobia was a pretty funny word when you thought about it.

He tied a knot and with a swift movement it dropped from the rope as if it had never been there.

“Ta-da!”

An eyeroll. A turn on the heel. And as quickly as the knot, the child disappeared.

Magic.


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