Excerpt: One Wish

With one powerful swing, Judy swung the iron skillet at the tiny fairy boy. She waited for it to pass through him or turn into butterflies or some other magical occurrence. Instead there was a firm DWONG! Judy only saw the blur of the tiny creature fly across the air. He crashed on the ground and slid across the linoleum. She froze. She killed him. She killed the possibly non-existent creature. He just lay there, motionless. She tried to see his chest rise and fall but the motion was so small, she could have imagined it.

There was a squeak that sounded like a mix between a cry and a cough escape from the body. The fairy lifted his head towards the giant girl, his head throbbing up and down like a drunk. He raised his arm and cringed like he injured it. Judy had gotten smarted in the last five minutes and was now poised above him with the frying pan ready to swing.

“Give me one good reason I shouldn’t just crush you right now?” she snarled. The boy raised a lethargic head towards her. He jumped to attention at the sight of the towering weapon.

“Wait! Stop!” he screeched, holding one hand up. The other arm was cradled in his chest. “I’ll grant your wish, I swear!”

“Why should I believe you?”

“I promise! Oh Blue Fairy! Please don’t kill me!” he cried. “Just make a wish, any wish!”

“Sorry, fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.” She raised her weapon high. The fairy let out an ear-piercing scream, curing up in a small ball. With one powerful stroke, she flung it down.

Five minutes later, she was at the sink. She watched as the fairy’s blood ran down the drain like he never existed.

Just kidding.

Judy stopped the pan right as the metal made contact with his miniscule shoulder. He stopped screaming when he realized he wasn’t crushed to a pulp. He opened his eyes and saw the frying pan literally on top of him.

“You’re going to grant my wish, whether you want to or not.”