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Short Fiction Contest
A chapter in the book Heart Crafted Poems - 2022
Spiritus Unum
by JLR
Seven men and five women sat waiting for the admin to begin calling names for the first interview.
Across from the waiting area was the conference room with blinds on the windows. Suddenly the lights in the room came on. The blinds tilted open just enough so the interviewees could see the silhouette of three shapes stand up and walk to the conference room door.
To the surprise of the interviewees sitting across from the now open door, three older males walked out and stood facing the twelve. Each was wearing a white robe with colorful sashes around their waists. The taller of the three had a richly colored vestment draped across his shoulders. Their hair was long and gray. All had beards of significant growth but were well-trimmed. The most startling feature was their eyes which appeared to sparkle and radiated a warm kindness. In unison all three raised their arms, palms held open, in a welcoming gesture as one spoke, "Welcome, would you all come in."
One could imagine our group's shock that we are were all invited in at once. While we got ourselves seated, one of the men said, "Let me introduce myself; I am Michael, head of HR and keeper of records. To my right is our leader, called by many names. For the present, you can address him as Elohim. To my left is his son, whom you can address as Emmanuel."
Michael seated himself, and Elohim rose, nodded slightly, and began slowly walking around the room. As he passed by each of us, we heard him whisper our names saying, "Welcome, it pleases me that you are here." Then he returned to his seat. Emmanuel stood and said," We thank you, each one, for answering our advertisement for our unique job opening. The fact is, we have twelve spaces, and after extreme vetting, we have brought you all in to make an offer of employment.
Elohim interrupted and states, "Our organization has been around, quite literally, for eons. While our market methods seem dated to most of our prior users, we get excellent ratings for our product. Those who began working with my son followed his lead and established huge markets. But we franchised, and those darn franchisees started making up their own rules and creating another level of hierarchy that changed our product and drove the masses out of the door.
So, we are striking out with a new IPO, Spiritus Unum. We are taking the market back over, and we were hoping you could help do it!"
word count: 429
~ Jobs, People, & Spiritualism ~ writing prompt entry
Seven men and five women sat waiting for the admin to begin calling names for the first interview.
Across from the waiting area was the conference room with blinds on the windows. Suddenly the lights in the room came on. The blinds tilted open just enough so the interviewees could see the silhouette of three shapes stand up and walk to the conference room door.
To the surprise of the interviewees sitting across from the now open door, three older males walked out and stood facing the twelve. Each was wearing a white robe with colorful sashes around their waists. The taller of the three had a richly colored vestment draped across his shoulders. Their hair was long and gray. All had beards of significant growth but were well-trimmed. The most startling feature was their eyes which appeared to sparkle and radiated a warm kindness. In unison all three raised their arms, palms held open, in a welcoming gesture as one spoke, "Welcome, would you all come in."
One could imagine our group's shock that we are were all invited in at once. While we got ourselves seated, one of the men said, "Let me introduce myself; I am Michael, head of HR and keeper of records. To my right is our leader, called by many names. For the present, you can address him as Elohim. To my left is his son, whom you can address as Emmanuel."
Michael seated himself, and Elohim rose, nodded slightly, and began slowly walking around the room. As he passed by each of us, we heard him whisper our names saying, "Welcome, it pleases me that you are here." Then he returned to his seat. Emmanuel stood and said," We thank you, each one, for answering our advertisement for our unique job opening. The fact is, we have twelve spaces, and after extreme vetting, we have brought you all in to make an offer of employment.
Elohim interrupted and states, "Our organization has been around, quite literally, for eons. While our market methods seem dated to most of our prior users, we get excellent ratings for our product. Those who began working with my son followed his lead and established huge markets. But we franchised, and those darn franchisees started making up their own rules and creating another level of hierarchy that changed our product and drove the masses out of the door.
So, we are striking out with a new IPO, Spiritus Unum. We are taking the market back over, and we were hoping you could help do it!"
word count: 429
Across from the waiting area was the conference room with blinds on the windows. Suddenly the lights in the room came on. The blinds tilted open just enough so the interviewees could see the silhouette of three shapes stand up and walk to the conference room door.
To the surprise of the interviewees sitting across from the now open door, three older males walked out and stood facing the twelve. Each was wearing a white robe with colorful sashes around their waists. The taller of the three had a richly colored vestment draped across his shoulders. Their hair was long and gray. All had beards of significant growth but were well-trimmed. The most startling feature was their eyes which appeared to sparkle and radiated a warm kindness. In unison all three raised their arms, palms held open, in a welcoming gesture as one spoke, "Welcome, would you all come in."
One could imagine our group's shock that we are were all invited in at once. While we got ourselves seated, one of the men said, "Let me introduce myself; I am Michael, head of HR and keeper of records. To my right is our leader, called by many names. For the present, you can address him as Elohim. To my left is his son, whom you can address as Emmanuel."
Michael seated himself, and Elohim rose, nodded slightly, and began slowly walking around the room. As he passed by each of us, we heard him whisper our names saying, "Welcome, it pleases me that you are here." Then he returned to his seat. Emmanuel stood and said," We thank you, each one, for answering our advertisement for our unique job opening. The fact is, we have twelve spaces, and after extreme vetting, we have brought you all in to make an offer of employment.
Elohim interrupted and states, "Our organization has been around, quite literally, for eons. While our market methods seem dated to most of our prior users, we get excellent ratings for our product. Those who began working with my son followed his lead and established huge markets. But we franchised, and those darn franchisees started making up their own rules and creating another level of hierarchy that changed our product and drove the masses out of the door.
So, we are striking out with a new IPO, Spiritus Unum. We are taking the market back over, and we were hoping you could help do it!"
word count: 429
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Writing Prompt Fiction ~ Fiction ~ Fiction Write a fictional story of 400-450 words No vulgar words, sex, animals, or profanity Must incorporate spirituality somehow involving people at a job. |
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#23 February 2022 |
Spiritus Unum: in one spirit
Elohim: a.k.a God
Emmanuel: a.k.a Jesus
Franchisee: Organized religion
Pays
one point
and 2 member cents. Elohim: a.k.a God
Emmanuel: a.k.a Jesus
Franchisee: Organized religion
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