When 3 Wishes Aren’t Enough

The largest room in Edward Grouse’s dedicated to his collection. It is filled with bottles, lamps, rings, and various articles of antiquity. Each one has been properly checked, rechecked and cataloged. It is the largest collection of genies in the world.

Edward Grouse has calculated [...]

When 3 Wishes Aren’t Enough

I’ll think about it

Barney didn’t wish. Didn’t feel the need. Sure, there were things he wanted–his brother home from Iraq, for example–but he didn’t feel right wishing for that. It felt like cheating. So he thanked the genie, but told him to get back [...]

When 3 Wishes Aren’t Enough: the Genie’s Union

The Genie’s Union meets every epoch or so, to discuss matters important to their employment. Benefits are rehashed endlessly, and the clear class conflict between genies of lamps and genies of rings does not make the discussions easier. Elderon, First Among Omnipotents, [...]

Wooo…sorry about that, guys. The last week kinda go away from me. Long story short, my wife and I returned from our Christmas holiday to find that we had no heat, and would have no heat until the start of the New Year. So updating NFP tumbled down the priority list a bit. But we’re [...]

I’ve still got vacation-head, so bear with me.

Christmas is a time for wishes. It’s part of the holiday’s DNA. Which got me thinking about the classic Arabian Nights’ saw of the genie who grants 3 wishes. Now, what happens with 3 wishes has been pretty well documented, but what of those who can’t make [...]