The Great Sorcerer glared at his young grandson through bristling eyebrows and tapped his pointed hat making light flashes flare around the room.
“Now pay attention lad. We are about to conceive a great magic spell. Watch and learn.”
With much waving of his wand and many mutterings of mysterious words a grey fog began to creep around the room.
“Behold! You see the mists. Now we will conjure your father and speak to him even though he is on the other side of the world!”
The young boy sighed and opened his laptop.
“Grandad, we can just use Skype.”
Author’s note: Another ancient craft rendered pointless by modern technology.
We laughed out loud when we got to the end of this story. The surprising mix of modern life and magic is exactly what defines a great SpeckLit story.
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