To celebrate finishing a quarter of stories, I took the day off from everything but my shorty. Which is good, because it took me ALL DAY to put this little thing out. I started three stories, even wrote three pages for one that I just threw away. But finally, finally, August sets sail.
Working Title: Miss Lucky
1st Sentence: The winner is… Melissa Belby!
Favorite Sentence: Occasionally—in a moment she knows by instinct is exactly right for it—she opens her eyes a bit wider, even, and smiles small.
Word Length: 570
Photo by Vera and Jean-Christophe, April 2008.
Daily Shorty 
A bright shiny quarter for you!
And somewhere, Chris Cross sees that photo and either a) smiles, or 2) sighs and says “Move ON, already, people!”
He smiles.