# Cookie of Chances (Otherwise Untitled) Author: Moriar Tags: Meerkat, Microfiction, baking #210 of Short Stories A meerkat bakes. ~     The meerkat gazed into the oven, and despaired. The baking pan, now somehow tarnished to a soft blue tint from the heat, bore a dozen objects that she'd hoped would become cookies during their time therein. ~     More than half of them were now crunched and burnt, cracks cutting deeply across their widths to spread into branching lacerations. ~     Most of the remaining half appeared to have, by some unknown and arcane mechanism, melted. ~     Amidst the sea of failed bakery, a single cookie appeared to have formed from dough. It shimmered softly in the heat of the oven, and the meerkat knew it was a trap. Source: https://sofurry.com/s/ZmMoZlz1 Part of the series Short Stories Previous: https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1557345-chopping-to-calm-otherwise-untitled.md Next: https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1557350-finality-of-moving-otherwise-untitled.md