Be Careful What You Wish For

Jason Wells
11 min readAug 24, 2022

Gary walked down the sidewalk, keeping his eyes mostly focused on the pavement. His black hoodie stood out amidst the other people enjoying a warm summer day downtown. Where they wore bright colors and cool clothes, his attire was drab, black, bulky attire, his hood pulled up and leaving very little exposed to the outside air. The people he walked past barely noticed him and he managed to blend right into the crowd while simultaneously…

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Jason Wells

I’m an MFA student here to share my speculative fiction short stories (science fiction and fantasy).