A gay middle aged university graduate makes a wish for a new life when he summons a male genie from a bottle. He is transformed into the apprentice of the genie. As the genie teaches his new apprentice how to grant wishes, the two engage in a romantic relationship as their bottle travels all over the world.

Chapter 1: Introduction

I've always considered myself practical, and as I stood in my half-decade-old sweatpants and faded T-shirt, wistfully surveying the dusty clutter that occupied my basement, I agreed with my own common sense: It was time to do some serious cleaning.

The uninviting stench of mildew hung heavy in the air, a potent reminder of the countless days I'd ignored the mess that had grown since I graduated from university.

Cardboard boxes, once filled with expectations of grand beginnings, were now laden with disillusionment, shoved onto darkened shelves, untouched.

An unwanted shift in my circumstances had left me feeling more trapped than I cared to admit. You see, I am Thomas: a man approaching life's midpoint, with nothing more to show for myself than a diploma on an uneventful wall and an empty bed that was too large for my mediocre life.