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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...

LanguageEnglish
PublisherRosdan Press
Release dateAug 18, 2011
ISBN9781927094167
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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

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