A Very Unseelie Act by Kate Lowe

Kate Lowe is the author of the urban fantasy series The Riley Pope Case Files. Her work has appeared in several anthologies, and her story The Wolf Runs in the Barley received an Honourable Mention in the Best Horror of the Year Volume 4. You can visit her website at www.kateloweauthor.co.uk to find out more.

 

To: customerservice@dust-o-matic.com

From: FairyFae@SeelieCourtLeicester.com

Dear Customer Service,

I recently acquired one of your products, the Dust-O-Matic 5000, which was advertised on your website as 'the answer to every busy fairy's prayers'. Said website promised a product that was 'lightweight, dependable and easy to use, with a sprinkle radius of approximately three dandelion stems'. According to the product description, all I had to do was load in the dust, press the button and let the Dust-O-Matic spread the happiness in one easy sweep.

Now, being one of those above-mentioned busy types, I thought the Dust-O-Matic would be ideal for me – no more lugging sacks of dust around, no more trips to the doctor with another case of sprinkle-sprain – and with a thirty percent introductory discount, how could I refuse?

On the morning my prized purchase arrived I had a very busy day ahead of me: two weddings to magicate, a driving test to successifize, not to mention the obligatory string of tooth collections and money drops. Great, I thought. This is exactly the kind of day the Dust-O-Matic was made for.

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About the author Kate Lowe is the author of the urban fantasy series The Riley Pope Case Files. Her work has appeared in several anthologies, and her story The Wolf Runs in the Barley received an Honourable Mention in the Best Horror of the Year Volume 4. You can visit her website at www.kateloweauthor.co.uk to find out more.