What You Wish For (Uncollected Anthology: Enchanted Emporiums)
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Why does a two-thousand-year-old djinn own a convenience store and spice shop in Manhattan?
The world has changed, for one thing, and Wadid isn’t proud of some of the things he’s done in the past. But really, he loves that he can help the magical community—and enhance the cooking skills and palates of some of his customers.
That’s all well and good until two gunmen burst through the front door and threaten him and one of his customers. Wadid breaks his personal code and uses his darkest ability to make them go away.
Not that it matters. Because the next person who walks through the door is the last person he would wish for.
“What You Wish For” is part of Uncollected Anthology, Volume 6: Enchanted Emporiums.
DAYLE A. DERMATIS has been called “one of the best writers working today” by USA Today bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith. Under various pseudonyms (and sometimes with coauthors), she’s sold several novels and more than 100 short stories in multiple genres. A recent transplant to the wild greenscapes of Oregon, in her spare time she follows Styx around the country and travels the world, all of which inspires her writing. She loves music, cats, Wales, TV, magic, laughter, and defying expectations. To find out where she is today, check out www.DayleDermatis.com.
Dayle A. Dermatis
Dayle A. Dermatis is the author or coauthor of many novels (including snarky urban fantasies Ghosted and the forthcoming Shaded and Spectered) and more than a hundred short stories in multiple genres, appearing in such venues as Fiction River, Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, and DAW Books.Called the mastermind behind the Uncollected Anthology project, she also guest edits anthologies for Fiction River, and her own short fiction has been lauded in many year's best anthologies in erotica, mystery, and horror.She lives in a book- and cat-filled historic English-style cottage in the wild greenscapes of the Pacific Northwest. In her spare time she follows Styx around the country and travels the world, which inspires her writing.To find out where she’s wandered off to (and to get free fiction!), check out DayleDermatis.com and sign up for her newsletter or support her on Patreon.* * *I value honest feedback, and would love to hear your opinion in a review, if you’re so inclined, on your favorite book retailer’s site.* * *For more information:www.dayledermatis.com
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What You Wish For (Uncollected Anthology - Dayle A. Dermatis
WHAT YOU WISH FOR
an urban fantasy short story
Why does a two-thousand-year-old djinn own a convenience store and spice shop in Manhattan?
The world has changed, for one thing, and Wadid isn’t proud of some of the things he’s done in the past. But really, he loves that he can help the magical community—and enhance the cooking skills and palates of some of his customers.
That’s all well and good until two gunmen burst through the front door and threaten him and one of his customers. Wadid breaks his personal code and uses his darkest ability to make them go away.
Not that it matters. Because the next person who walks through the door is the last person he would wish for.
What You Wish For
is part of Uncollected Anthology, Volume 6: Enchanted Emporiums.
BECAUSE OF THE MAGICAL WARDS protecting Wadid’s bodega, the two gunmen shouldn’t have been able to enter.
Hell, because of the magical wards, they shouldn’t have been able to find his bodega.
The public part of the bodega didn’t look like any other convenience store in the city. Instead of dreary metal racks, there were wooden shelves and artfully displayed goods. Filmy curtains half-hid the fridges and freezers that lined most of two walls, and heavier fabric in jewel tones, sparkling with sequins, draped the ceiling. Wadid, the owner, had swapped out the harsh fluorescent lighting and added pierced metal lamps around the room. And the entire place smelled like exotic spices, because Wadid liked to encourage people to try recipes outside of their usual Bolognese or boxed