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An Interesting Find by CS DeWildt

The man scanned tables full of junk at the swap meet. He found an antique lamp bought it for a song. At home, he polished the lamp with a greasy rag. Smoke filled the room with the smell of strawberry incense.

“Can I borrow a buck?” The genie asked.




CS DeWildt lives and writes in Tucson, Arizona. His stories have appeared in Bartleby Snopes, The Horror Press, Mobius Magazine, Static Movement. His story "A Glass of Water" is scheduled to appear in Word Riot October 2009.