After four and a half decades I was finally ready to retire. I wasn't content to shuffle off into some sort of assisted living place and run out the clock though. I gave the best years of my life to capitalism, now I wanted them back. And thanks to magic, I was going to get them.

But best laid plans and all that, right? I didn't get the spell I wanted, but it turns out I got the spell I needed. And thanks to a mysterious woman and her funny little magic shop, my 'retirement' turned out even better than I could have ever imagined.

This is the fifth installment in our 'Magic of the Moon' series.