In light of the upcoming holiday, I thought I'd offer up a Christmas story this week. The Gift of the Magician originally ran on the Heat Flash Erotica Podcast in December 2007. For more info on the Heat Flash Erotica Podcast, visit www.heatflash.libsyn.com. Free erotica stories in MP3 format every week, folks! Don't say I never gave you anything ;) The Gift Of The Magician by Helen E. H. Madden "Merry Christmas, lover!" Backstage at the Mercury Theater, Trixie kissed Hocus-Pocus Henry. Her eyes shone brighter than the spangles on her threadbare costume as she handed the magician a long, flat box. Greta the Great lit a cigarette and groaned. "You actually bought that fraud a present?" Trixie ignored the grousing matron. "Open it!" she squealed to Henry. "Here? Now?" Sweating, Henry peeled back the wrapping and gasped. "Is that...?" "The Saw of Sergei the Severe!" Trixie exclaimed. "He used it to cut up Madam Splatvatsky! Do you like it?" Still stunned, he nodded. "It's wonderful! But how did you afford it?" "She sold her wardrobe," Greta answered, flicking cigarette ash in his direction. "Waste of money, if you ask me. **You'll** never get that thing to work." "He will too!" Trixie snapped. "Henry's worked real magic before!" Greta scoffed. "So he pulled a rabbit out of his ass." "Can you do it?" Trixie demanded of her. "No, but I can buy a present for my assistant." Smoke streamed from Greta's nostrils. "You get Trixie **anything** this year, Henry?" "Um, it's at home..." "Riiiiight." As Trixie rushed to his defense, Henry vanished from the theater. Outside, he checked his pockets. He found his wand, a deck of cards, and smelly rabbit's foot, but no money. "Well then," he said, gripping his wand. "I shall conjure up a present using this!" He hurried off to Prophetic Pawn. That evening, Trixie appeared on stage in a brand-new costume. The skimpy outfit dazzled the audience as she stepped into the magician's box. "You can do it!" she whispered to Henry as he closed the lid. With trembling hands, he shoved the saw through his lover, slicing her in half with the serrated edge. When he was done, he flung open the lid. Trixie waved from the box as her legs hopped out and paraded across the stage. The crowd roared with delight. Trixie stuck out her tongue at Greta as an elated Henry carried her offstage. "Told you he could do it!" she quipped. Greta sneered as Trixie's capered past. "Whatever!" Back in their dressing room, Henry set the bisected woman on the couch. "For my next trick, I will need my lovely assistant!" He knelt at Trixie's feet and pulled off her sequined panties. She giggled as he buried his face between her thighs, and then reached for Henry's erect cock to work a few magic tricks of her own. Two hours later, Greta banged on the door. "Henry! Are you two done in there? It's closing time! Quit fucking around and put that girl back together." "Certainly!" he called back, a grin plastered across his sticky face. "All it takes is a wave of my wand..." His smile faded as he patted the pockets of his tux. "My wand... my wand... oh shit." "What's wrong?" Trixie asked. She struggled to pull the panties back up her legs. "I need my wand to put you back together." "And?" "I, uh, pawned it to buy your costume." Henry dropped onto the couch and hit his head against the wall. "Shit, shit, shit." Trixie sighed. "Oh Henry." The Gift of the Magician, by Helen E. H. Madden, copyright 2007.