When life-long friends Hanson and Graber learn there may be a great wizard on the far side of the woods behind their village, they decide to seek him out. The source of the information may be suspect, but the lure proves too strong. In hopes of learning magic to rise above their current status as Hanson the Pigs and Graber the Firewood, they set out on this quest.<br><br>When they meet wizard Holzy, they’re both intrigued and intimidated. He makes them labor and suffer, but eventually begins to teach them the practice he calls “the feat of the wand,” which turns out to impart much energy and knowledge as well as unsuspected pleasures to both men.<br><br>A submerged attraction between them comes to the fore as Holzy awakens urges and desires they hardly even dreamed existed. But he keeps them entranced and bound to him. When Holzy makes a mistake, can Hanson and Graber apply their new powers to gain freedom from his spell and be acknowledged as his equals? Will they go home in triumph or be consigned to the salt mines?

Hansen and Graber

Hanson stood like a rock. He didn’t lift a hand, simply spoke two words. Half the sparkling sigils vanished and the others wheeled in the air and headed back at Holzy. The wizard ducked and slapped them away, snarling and cursing.


“Warts and suppurating sores, a limp dick and constant diarrhea!” Holzy, foaming at the mouth in impotent rage, yelled spells and curses. Nothing happened. Hanson and Graber both stood calmly, making a few warding gestures and occasionally murmuring a counter spell. Nothing the wizard threw at them had any effect.


Finally, shaking with exhaustion and the belated realization of his impotence, Holzy dropped back onto the stool, gasping for breath. “I don’t understand it. What’s happened? Why can’t I reach these two miscreants?” The questions were clearly rhetorical since there was no one else to listen or reply and he wasn’t asking them.


Chapter 17