Gifted
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A short story of 5k words.
The last of the Genies has lived for longer than he can remember, hiding from humanity to preserve his life; the third wish is always death to his kind. Drawn to human cities and human dreams because they burn so brightly, he watches, making no friends and interacting so briefly with people they barely remember him when they pass by.
But one night, after millennia of care, he thoughtlessly grants the wish of an old woman...
Michelle Sagara
New York Times bestselling author Michelle Sagara writes as both Michelle Sagara and Michelle West; she is also published as Michelle Sagara West. She lives in Toronto with her long-suffering husband and her two children, and to her regret has no dogs. She can be found @msagara on Twitter or http://msagarawest.wordpress.com
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Gifted - Michelle Sagara
Gifted
by Michelle Sagara
Rosdan Press, 2011
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
SMASHWORDS EDITION: 978-1-927094-16-7
Copyright 2011 by Michelle Sagara
All rights reserved
Cover design by Anneli West, Four Corners Communication
Lace: photoshop brush by http://nadinepau.deviantart.com
Gifted, Copyright 1992 by Michelle Sagara. First appeared in Aladdin, Master of the Lamp ed. Mike Resnick and Martin H. Greenberg.
Introduction Copyright 2003 by Michelle Sagara. First appeared in Speaking With Angels.
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Novels by Michelle Sagara
The Book of the Sundered
Into the Dark Lands
Children of the Blood
Lady of Mercy
Chains of Darkness, Chains of Light
Chronicles of Elantra
Cast in Shadow
Cast in Courtlight
Cast in Secret
Cast in Fury
Cast in Silence
Cast in Chaos
Cast in Ruin
Cast in Peril
The Dead
Silence*
Touch**
Grave**
*Forthcoming in 2012
**Forthcoming
Table of Contents
Introduction
Gifted
Other Stories by the Author
Introduction
This was the first short story that Mike Resnick ever bought from me. It was pretty much the first short story that I ever attempted, although between its beginning and its completion, I wrote another which was published first (Birthnight.)
There is something utterly appropriate