Sue was camped out on her parents sofa in the living room on Christmas Eve. Her best friend Katie had insisted that Santa was real and that Sue would not regret waiting for him. "Trust me!” Katie had said earlier that day, her eyes burning into Sue's. "If you believe hard enough, if you believe with all your heart, this night will change your life." Sue was about to find out if Katie was right or if she was bullshitting her.
Halloween Writing Contest 2025
She was the kid next door trick or treating with her friends, until suddenly, she wasn't. This is how we both got a treat.
This is the story of a perfectly normal middle aged bachelor who, quite by accident, discovers a Genie. We discover, along with our hero, what it's like to have a Genie at his beck and call and how owning her changes him, his family and Genie herself.