Jude always ordered hot coffee when he was falling apart. He leaned back in his booth and pressed his hands into the porcelain, trying to drink in the heat through cold fingertips. He couldn't taste ... [+]
Kristy Roser Nuttall's story, "Rocco," is in Short Circuit #05, Short Edition's quarterly review. Kristy is a teacher at Wasatch Nature School, and you can also find her on her website www.kristynuttall.com, on twitter @kristy_nuttall, and on Instagram @author_kristy_nuttall.
Rocco always knew he was a little different.
While other dinosaurs ran wild through the forest, Rocco spent his time in the kitchen wearing an apron and doing baking experiments.
Rocco was a baking machine. He could whip up muffins, cakes, brownies, cream puffs, and bread before most dinosaurs could swallow a pterodactyl egg.
Rocco's talent came in quite handy for family reunions and neighborhood block parties.
But everyone did get a little worried when Rocco used Aunt Edna's wig as a cake topper, and it caught fire from the birthday candles.
Every day, Rocco dipped his claws into new rec