The Philosopher’s Stone
Immortality potions were notoriously unstable. He’d sacrificed his eyebrows to version three, and version five nearly took his head off. Four potions later, and none of them had worked.
Tenth time lucky? He swirled the slick purple liquid in the glass flask at arm’s length.
A spark flickered, and he put it down. But the spark turned into crackles, followed by furious spitting. He dived under the desk.
A deafening explosion broke the flask and coated nearby surfaces with purple goop.
Despondently, he crawled out, but then stared in wonder. A shimmering gold stone lay on the worktop. In chaos, he’d created immortality.
Elise Edmonds is from the South-West UK. By day she is a finance professional, and in her spare time, she pursues writing as a creative outlet, to put the magic back into everyday life.
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