I am trying to locate a short story for which I can't remember the title or the author. The story is about a woman who is repeatedly visited by a dragon and she is required to make a wish each time. At the end she wishes for peace/happiness(or something like that) for the dragon and it finally disappears. Does this sound familiar to any of you?

Another for the growing "not by Ray Bradbury" file! Since I haven't updated it lately, I can't say how many this even makes!

You can try here http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=rec.arts.sf.written&btnG=Search&meta= and here http://forums.abebooks.com/abesleuthcom as the two best places to start searching for the story you described, and there are others.

Just want to mention two things to people submitting requests to identify stories not by Ray Bradbury.

1. If you do find or remember what you're after, please, PLEASE post the answer back here on the SAME thread! Otherwise people out there will still be looking for it!

2. If my two suggestions of free Book ID forums do not work, try here: http://www.logan.com/loganberry/stump.html but be aware they do charge $2 a stumper!