Be Careful What You Wish For: a Short Story by A. C. Hutchinson
Publisher: Self-Published
Genre: Contemporary, Paranormal
Rating: 4 stars
Reviewed by LavenderMeet David Patzpowski, a happy-go-lucky kind of guy who seems to get everything he wants, everything his heart desires. Success, love, marriage – they’ve all come at no cost. But David is about to find out that the things he takes for granted aren’t all what they seem.
This is a quirky short story, which ends in irony. A man, David, is minding his own business, eating in a diner when a stranger approaches him. What could he want? There is a good little shot of suspense right away.
The man starts questioning David, causing him to think about his life. Does David think he had a good life? It turns out that yes, things have gone well for him over the years. The suspense picks up because the stranger seems to know a lot about him.
Is David’s continual good luck merely a coincidence, or is there more to it? Could there actually be a price to pay for this? Are the people in his life such as his wife happy? This story may cause some readers to do a little introspection.
David makes a wish. And oh no, he should have wished for something else! Readers will get sucked into the unfolding of the conversation and be surprised by the end.
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