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flies and insects over human food.

  “Tell you what?” she said. “I have plenty of time to work on my beauty spell later this eve. I’ll cast you up something special. Though, I only have enough grasshoppers for one spell. I’ll change you into a prince if that’s what you really want. But beware, princes have no easy life. They must slay dragons, refrain from eating flies, and bed princesses.”

  “But I like dragons!” And kissing princesses was bad enough. I could hardly imagine bedding one of them. I may have puked in my mouth a little.

  “Or I could cook up a different spell if you wish.” She tapped her finger against the page beneath me. The heading said, “Grasshopper Casserole.”

  I ribbited in delight.

  Whoever said, “It ain’t easy being green,” had never lived with a witch to make him a grasshopper casserole.

  The End

  As a child, Sarina Dorie dreamed of being an astronaut/archeologist/fashion designer/illustrator/writer. Later in life, after realizing this might be an unrealistic goal, Sarina went to the Pacific NW College of Art where she earned a degree in illustration. After realizing this might also be an unrealistic goal, she went to Portland State University for a master’s in education to pursue the equally cut-throat career of teaching art in the public school system. After years of dedication to art and writing, most of Sarina’s dreams have come true; in addition to teaching, she is a writer/artist/ fashion designer/ belly dancer. She has shown her art internationally, sold art to Shimmer Magazine for an interior illustration, and another piece is on the April 2011 cover of Bards and Sages. Sarina’s novel, Silent Moon, won second place in the Duel on the Delta Contest, hosted by River City RWA and the Golden Rose contest hosted by Rose City Romance Writers. Silent Moon won third place in the Winter Rose Contest hosted by the Yellow Rose RWA and third place in Ignite the Flame Contest hosted by Central Ohio Fiction Writers.

  Now, if only Jack Sparrow asks her to marry him, all her dreams will come true.

  Sarina Dorie's YA novels Dawn of the Morningstar and Urban Changeling, and short stories A Ghost’s Guide to Haunting Humans, Losing One’s Appetite, Zombie Psychology and other titles can also be found at:

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