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    Oberon Asked: Short Story
    Oberon Asked: Short Story
    Oberon Asked: Short Story
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    Oberon Asked: Short Story

    By G. R. Pellio

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    What happens when a fairy makes its nest in a utility closet just off the lobby of a huge corporation? Find out in this short story. Here's a hint - wishes are granted, but Oberon asks for quite a bit in return.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherG. R. Pellio
    Release dateApr 18, 2016
    Oberon Asked: Short Story
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    G. R. Pellio

    Reader, author, science fiction and fantasy fan, woman in tech, feminist. Interests: work, leadership, engineering, human diversity, empathy, and their intersections.

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      Oberon Asked - G. R. Pellio

      Oberon Asked

      by G. R. Pellio

      Copyright 2016 G. R. Pellio

      All rights reserved.

      Published by G. R. Pellio at Smashwords

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      Thank you for downloading this ebook. This book remains the copyrighted property of the author, and may not be redistributed to others for commercial or non-commercial purposes. If you enjoyed this book, please encourage your friends to download their own copy from their favorite authorized retailer. Thank you for your support.

      Oberon the Eighth, forty-second cousin (once removed) of Auberon (that Auberon), settled in to his nest in the warm darkness of the utility closet off the Universal Systems’ main lobby. Having fallen from grace some time ago, he had made his way, much reduced (once he’d stood tall and fine; now he hunched, veined and crackling as a fall leaf), away from whatever portal his uncle had tossed him through. Scurrying through meadows, sleeping in bogs and forests, then finally (what luck) to this tidy, warm spot with somewhere nearby (what greater luck) a door home (much to do before he could even think to

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