Paint the Town Red (Enchanted Universe Book 1) by Swendson Shanna

Author:Swendson, Shanna [Swendson, Shanna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: FIC009010 FICTION / Fantasy / Contemporary, FIC009120 FICTION / Fantasy / Dragons & Mythical Creatures, FIC009060 FICTION / Fantasy / Urban
Publisher: NLA Digital LLC
Published: 2016-12-10T23:00:00+00:00

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About this Series

You have just read Paint the Town Red, a short story set in the world of Enchanted, Inc.

Books in the Enchanted, Inc. Series:

1. Enchanted, Inc.

2. Once Upon Stilettos

3. Damsel Under Stress

4. Don’t Hex with Texas

5. Much Ado About Magic

6. No Quest for the Wicked

7. Kiss and Spell

8. Frogs and Kisses

Click to read an excerpt from Enchanted, Inc.

An Excerpt from Enchanted, Inc.

By Shanna Swendson

I’d always heard that New York City was weird, but I had no idea just how weird until I got here. Before I left Texas to move here, my family tried to talk me out of it, telling me all sorts of urban legends about the strange and horrible things that happened in the big bad city. Even my college friends who’d been living in New York for a while told me stories about the weird and wonderful things they’d seen that didn’t cause the natives to so much as blink. My friends joked that an alien from outer space could walk down Broadway without anyone looking twice. I used to think they were exaggerating.

But now, after having survived a year in the city, I still saw things every day that shocked and amazed me but didn’t cause anyone else to so much as raise an eyebrow. Nearly naked street performers, people doing tap-dance routines on the sidewalk, and full-scale film productions—complete with celebrities—weren’t worth a second glance to the locals, while I couldn’t help but gawk. It made me feel like such a hick, no matter how hard I tried to act sophisticated.

Take this morning, for instance. The girl ahead of me on the sidewalk was wearing wings—those strap-on fairy wings people wear as part of a Halloween costume. Halloween was more than a month away, and while I couldn’t afford designer fashions, I read enough fashion magazines to know that fairy wings were not a current fashion statement. She must be some neo-bohemian trendsetter from NYU, I thought, or maybe in the costume design program. She’d done a really good job on the wings because the straps were invisible, making it look like she had real wings. They even fluttered slightly, but that was probably just the wind currents from walking.

I forced my attention away from Miss Airy Fairy to check my watch, then groaned. There was no way I’d make it to work on time if I walked, and my boss was usually lying in wait for me on Monday mornings, so I didn’t dare come in even a minute late. I’d have to take the subway to work, even though it would take a precious two dollars off my MetroCard. I’d make up for it by walking home, I promised myself.

When I reached the Union Square station, I was surprised to see Miss Airy Fairy head down into the subway ahead of me instead of continuing toward the university. People who work downtown tend not to dress like that for work. As I followed her down the stairs, I noticed that

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