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    The Wistful Witch
    The Wistful Witch
    The Wistful Witch
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    The Wistful Witch

    By Robert F. Young

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    Anybody might think that she wanted to be a witch. And anyone thinking so would be correct.

    Robert F. Young was a Hugo nominated author known for his lyrical and sentimental prose. His work appeared in Amazing Stories, Fantastic Stories, Startling Stories, Playboy, The Saturday Evening Post, Collier’s, Galaxy Magazine, and Analog Science Fact & Fiction.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWilder Publications, Inc.
    Release dateJul 17, 2020
    ISBN9781515446149
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      The Wistful Witch - Robert F. Young

      The Wistful Witch

      by Robert F. Young

      ©2020 Positronic Publishing

      Cover Photo ©2020 © Can Stock Photo / SergeyNivens

      The Wistful Witch is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, organizations, places, events and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, locales or institutions is entirely coincidental.

      All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission except for brief quotations for review purposes only.

      ISBN 13: 978-1-5154-4614-9

      The Wistful Witch

      Anybody might think that she wanted to be a witch. And anyone thinking so would be correct.

      Melanie was thinking about Fred when the knock sounded on the door.

      Specifically, she was thinking about the quarrel they’d had the night before. It wasn’t their first quarrel and it wasn’t even their worst quarrel, but she couldn’t get it out of her mind.

      It was all over the new hat she’d bought yesterday afternoon. Lately Fred had become quite critical about her taste in hats, and it had been her intention to hide this one. But she arrived home late and, in her haste to get supper ready, she forgot all about it.

      He must have seen it the minute he came in the front door. She flew into the living room when she heard the sound of paper tearing, but by the time she got there he already had the

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