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Djinn and Tonic

July 5, 2016 5 Comments

Djinn and Tonic

By Sara Codair

I spent a millennium trapped in this cursed tonic bottle. Unbelievable! My ancestors spread beautiful lies about humans getting rich off the wishes we granted, so we thought greedy mortals would free us, ignorant of why their predecessors trapped us in the first place. Somehow, logic overpowered greed in a surprising number of humans.

Hundreds handled my bottle before one was dumb enough to free me. The fool! I can still taste his blood on my tongue and hear his screams echoing through my ears. It was the first meal I’d had in two centuries. My hunger was far from sated.

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  1. williamgilmer says

    July 5, 2016 at 8:41 am

    Awesome job, good use of a good idea!

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  2. Jazz says

    July 5, 2016 at 10:35 am

    One eward for writing this piece, Sara……I laughed out loud.

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  3. lquisp says

    July 5, 2016 at 12:51 pm

    Oh, how fun!!! Loved it.

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  4. Bobby Warner says

    July 5, 2016 at 12:55 pm

    A true tale of irony and very well written. A Winner!

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  5. Vibha Lohani says

    July 6, 2016 at 5:47 am

    Awesome perspective, I always wondered why the Djinns never helped themselves. So finally one did. Great Job

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