/authors/kassim/Recent content in Kassim on Gromet's Plaza ArchiveHugoen-usMon, 08 Jul 2013 00:00:00 +0000/stories/2013/07/08/the-audition/Mon, 08 Jul 2013 00:00:00 +0000/stories/2013/07/08/the-audition/<p>He looked at his watch. No one was coming. No one would ever come. It was only a matter of time, he thought, until word spread.</p> <p>He had loved magic since he was eight years old. Eight when the magic show took place in his home village, nestled in the foothills of the Himalayas. he forgot the details of his early life, a whole lifetime and countless miles away from his life now, but he&rsquo;d never forget the day the magician arrived. No, that wasn&rsquo;t true. He&rsquo;d never forgot his assistant.</p>