Beauty isn’t really skin deep. Some people are prettier than others and that’s life. But you probably know this already. Like me, you look in the mirror thinking how ugly you are compared to the others around you. Perhaps more as the days progress; some have more wrinkles and skin blotches to invade pretty, young faces. Our friends and families may say nice things about us, but deep down, the issue of beauty remains. We’re kinda ugly. Beauty is reserved for the gifted. Now this issue will either grind away at you or even drive you batshit crazy. Or not. Maybe you might realize that you’re pretty enough even though you’re not perfect. But in the short story Life by Daniel Arenson as presented in The Alien Chronicles ed. by David Gatewood, it just wasn’t an option.
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