Combine the photo and five words below to create a flash fiction piece, 600 words or less, and then, at some point, submit it to The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts before the August 15, 2011 deadline.
Your five words:
subpoena
catalyst
esophagus
dependent
derivative
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