From: "PAUL JUTRAS" <PAULJUTRAS@prodigy.net>
Subject: SPELLS R US TALES
Date: Thursday, January 27, 2000 

                               SPELLS R US TALES
                                           BY
                                  PAUL G JUTRAS

      Luke arrived back at his apartment after his visit to the mall. "The
old man said that he had a genie for sale in this lamp." He sighed. "It's dumb but I'm
desperate."

      Rubbing the lamp a muscular male genie appeared from a puff of blue
smoke. "Your wish is my command." The Genie boomed. "How may I serve you?"

"I wish to the the chief of a winning magazine for a change." Luke said as a
puff of smoke caused him to vanish from his apartment. When the smoke
cleared he was standing in an office at a tilt. "Huh?"

Looking down pass a pair of big breasts he found the tilt was caused by a
pair of 4" heels. "Guess I should of wished for a particular chief." Luke
thought seeing the name Linda on the glass door. His own reflected showed
short blonde hair and blue eyes.

"Miss Crease, there is a line of people around the block waiting to tell
you their tales." Luke's secretary said as he asked the first one to come in.

"How may I help you Miss?" Luke began when she saw  the teenagers frown.
"Mr. Tomas." The girl with green eyes and shoulder length brown hair said.
"My girlfriend was tired of my cheating on her, so she saw the wizard at
the mall to make sure I had all the girl friends I wanted. Only this isn't
the type of girlfriend I expected."

"Seems I'm not the only one to suffer at the hands of the wizard." Luke
thought. "There may be a award winning story here at that. Next."

The second woman to come in was housewife in her early 30s. She told Luke
how she was a milkman who was asked in for the woman as she got her purse.
She pulled a device out of her purse that caused a blinding flash. THe next
thing he knew was that he was in her body smashing the device and taking
off. The device came from a Wizard from a store at the mall.

"This is getting so werid." Luke thought as he hope that his article could warn
people to avoid Spells R US for good. Especially when Luke heard the story
from a woman in a bikini. She said she went to a new tanning center who
bought their equipment at the mall. Luke could easily guess which store.

"Better cancel any meetings today." Luke said to his secretary as a 12 year
old girl stepped in and handed over a picture of a 6 foot man with a heavy
beard and beer belly.

"I heard a lot of people coming her to put down the wizard." The girl said.
"I just want to balance out the story by saying that I'm glad what happened
to me. I was over weight, ugly and couldn't get a date if my life depended
on it. Now I got a boyfriend and gotten use to sitting down to pee easily."

"Easy for you to say." A woman behind her said as she walked in. At least
you didn't get your secretary pregant and then have her switch bodies with
you. I had to deliver the baby with the help of the boyfriend she was
two-timming to date me. I never felt such pain in my life as when I was in
labor. Now I'm stuck married to the jerk and forced to raise the kid. Even
the lawyers wouldn't believe my case so I could sue."

"Thank you all for coming." Luke said with a smile. "I think I have enjoy
for my article now. I need to hurry if I want to get your stories to press."

That evening a newspaper hit the stand across from Spells R US. Only when
it did the articles had all changed to say only nice things about the
store. One man reading the paper looked at the store and decided to cheak
things out for himself.

"Hello Mr. Harris."

"How did you..."
"I'm a wizard." The man in a bathrobe replied.

END