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    The Perfect Colour: A collection of very short stories
    The Perfect Colour: A collection of very short stories
    The Perfect Colour: A collection of very short stories
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    The Perfect Colour: A collection of very short stories

    By Juliet Boyd

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    A collection of very short stories and micro fiction with a touch of humour, horror, science fiction and the generally weird.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJuliet Boyd
    Release dateDec 18, 2012
    ISBN9781301702732
    The Perfect Colour: A collection of very short stories
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    Juliet Boyd

    Juliet lives in Somerset in the south-west of England. She used to work in administration, but now writes full-time. Her main writing interests are fantasy, science fiction, weird fiction, horror and flash fiction. Details of her work are available on her website.

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      The Perfect Colour - Juliet Boyd

      THE PERFECT COLOUR

      A collection of very short stories

      by Juliet Boyd

      Smashwords edition

      Copyright 2012 Juliet Boyd, all rights reserved.

      Discover Juliet Boyd at Smashwords.com

      This book is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and events portrayed in it are the work of the author's imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or locations, is entirely coincidental.

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you're reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      CONTENTS

      THE PERFECT COLOUR

      THE BIRTHDAY PRESENT

      ONE OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS

      NECTAR

      DNA IN SMALL AMOUNTS

      THE FALL GUY

      QUACK (-K-K-K-K)

      BIRDCAGE

      LOVE ONCE LOST

      THE COUNTDOWN

      IT'S ALL IN THE DETAIL

      A NEW LIFE

      HIDDEN

      SAVING YOU

      MEMORY DUST

      UNWRAPPED

      JOB DONE

      UNSPOKEN

      10 WORD STORIES

      6 WORD STORIES

      THE PERFECT COLOUR

      Could you move your head a little more to the right? said Caroline.

      Like this? said Mandy, stretching out her neck and clearly trying to elongate the creases away.

      Just a little further. That's it.

      Caroline mixed a touch more Indian yellow into the alizarin crimson, relishing what she knew would only be a few moments of silence.

      You know, said Mandy, "I couldn't believe it when I saw you on that arts programme the

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