Emily Dorffer's story, "Spark, the Not So Hot Dragon," is in Short Circuit #03, Short Édition's quarterly review. Emily is a technical editor who proudly stands just half an inch under five feet tall. She loves spoiling her cat and baking with her mom.

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Spark's fiery breath wasn't as hot as the other dragons'. No matter how hard he blew, he could never match the intensity of the other dragons' flames. While Spark's fire was just hot enough to start a toasty campfire, the other dragons could do all sorts of cool things with their flames. They bathed in hot springs they created themselves and ignited firework displays every night. Their flames were so amazingly hot that they could even melt sand and shape it into glass ornaments, which they proudly hung in their caves. One afternoon, Spark saw the other dragons making a menagerie of glass anima

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