Ryan Sanscrainte

Wishing Star Incorporated Ryan Sanscrainte

Wishing Star Incorporated is inthe business of making dreams come true, and Ben is the head ofoperations.¿ His job is to grant thewishes of individuals who believe in the legitimacy of supernatural phenomenon;leprechauns, fountains of eternal youth and beauty, magical lamps with geniesinside...or a Wishing Star.¿ During his ten year tenure, Benhas found that it takes a special kind of person to buy into such a fantasticconcept...mainly a power hungry, greed consumed, unscrupulous kind ofperson...which makes collecting payment for services rendered all the moresatisfying.¿ While Ben doesn't charge anythingto grant a client's wishes, his interpretation of the wish is rarely what hiscustomers expect, and Ben's employer has a non-negotiable policy regarding thereversal of granted wishes.¿ The only wayto reverse a wish and do away with any undesirable effects stemming from it iscontract annulment...a gentle way of phrasing, "forfeiture of one's eternal soulto the owner of Wishing Star Incorporated." And Ben's boss isn't a guy anyonewould want in control of their destiny post-mortem.¿ He goes by the name of Bub, and aside frombeing the sole shareholder in Wishing Star Incorporated, he also rules supremein the bowls of hell. Unwittingly duped out of his ownsoul a decade ago, Ben made a deal with Bub in order to regain it.¿ In return for procuring the souls of fiftyother unfortunates, Ben would regain the opportunity to circumvent an afterlifeof brimstone and hellfire.¿ However, uponreaching number forty-nine, Ben now has doubt that the means justify theend.¿ Even with the questions ofconscience, Ben is eager to complete his fiftieth assignment...if for no otherreason than to escape constant contact with his nauseatingly amiable employer, Bub. Not looking forward to Ben'sretirement, Bub has decided to try and coerce Ben into staying on the WishingStar team for another fifty souls.¿Knowing that Ben will assuredly turn down a straightforward offer, Bubdecides to make the possibi