Wishes

Jason Krun, a defeated, depressed 30-something, receives a strange visit from a "salesman" one morning who comes with a suspicious yet enticing offer. Jason accepts, but doesn't think anything more of it, retreating into his shadowy, vicarious haze of a life for a few days. Soon, however, mysterious events begin to happen in his life, and he learns that the cold, discerning hand of fate cannot be changed so easily. A very brief story.