Spells R Us

Spells-R-Us (or SRU) is a shared story universe created by Bill Hart on the TSA-Talk mailing list in 1997. It was spun off of Hart's story A Strangeness at the Frat House.

Basic setting
The stories in the universe revolve mostly around a mall shop, ran by an old man who wears what looks like a bathrobe, which offers magical spells and/or items for sale, and the people who buy such items but end up accruing various, unintended results and consequences.

The universe has also been carved into sub-universes, such as "Animal Crackers" and "People Crackers".