AnnaLaura Scandrett

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“A Wicked Wish” by AnnaLaura Scandrett

Submitted to Contest #277

I wish I hadn’t dressed him in black that night. He was too hard to see in the darkness. They keep telling me it wasn’t my fault, but of course they’re just trying to keep me calm.  Luca wanted to be a wicked witch for Halloween. We had recently watched “The Wizard of Oz” and he’d been fascinated with that green-faced lady from the moment she set fire to that straw rooftop. I was sure he would be terrified- he was only three after all- but he couldn’t look away from the screen and couldn’t stop talking about her in the days that followe...

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