“Habershaw (The Iron Ring) offers plenty of laughs in this diverting urban fantasy. After Alexandria Delmore, 17, loses her job at a bagel shop, she sees an ad to be a cashier for a genie who calls himself Mr. Jinn and intends to sell wishes at the Wellspring Mall and applies. Mr. Jinn proves a mercurial boss who’s out of date with modern mores and often impulsively abuses his powers, but Alex hopes to get him in line. At first, people are wary of Jinn, but when a video of one of his clients’ more malicious wishes coming true goes viral, customers begin trickling in. Jinn’s miracles range from the mundane—changing hair colors, healing sunburns, and fixing someone’s limp—to grand, including setting up a client with actor Chris Hemsworth, achieving world peace, and curing cancer, but his methods are often unconventional. When the mall gets in trouble for the duo’s business of “warping reality,” Alex’s chances at economic stability and a better future are jeopardized. Even when the consequences of Jinn’s actions become dire, Habershaw keeps up the lighthearted, humorous tone. It’s a cozy, comical confection.”
—Publishers Weekly

“Irresistibly fun and funny, with a ton of heart and depth! This is the kind of book that sneaks up on you and sticks with you!”
—Sarah Beth Durst, New York Times bestselling author of The Spellshop

“Delightfully charming, and it continually surprised me . . . and that’s a good thing!”
—Phil Foglio, creator of Girl Genius

“I wish I’d thought of this.”
—Daniel Pinkwater, author of Jules, Penny & the Rooster

“Austin Habershaw’s If Wishes Were Retail taps into a long-storied tradition of smart comedic fantasy in the vein of Terry Pratchett. Habershaw’s efficient and accessible prose allows his deeper themes of anti-exploitation, community, and the cost of human greed to take center stage, presented through laugh-out-loud absurdist moments that keep building and building in a page-turner of a novel. If Wishes Were Retail is a ten out of ten gnomes—if you can see them, that is.”
—Mia Tsai, author of Bitter Medicine

“A love letter to wounded people and community spaces, this suburban fantasy is both delightfully absurd and firmly grounded.”
—Dave Klecha, co-author of The Runes of Engagement

“My three wishes? Three more books as good as this one from Auston Habershaw.”
—Tom Holt, World Fantasy Award winning author of The Eight Reindeer of the Apocalypse

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