Stories tagged “meetings”
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Welcome to The Company
The memo was jocular, friendly, coherent, pleasant. It outlined my importance, my value within the company. It had jokes in it that made fun of my immediate supervisor, the CEO of the company, the company itself and stockholders. It had the warmth of a...
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UVC
Shiloh met the sun on a park bench in July. She wasn’t want he expected. She chain-smoked, lighting each cigarette with the still-glowing stub of the last. She wore shorts last seen in a Nair ad from the seventies and had a shag of messy amber cu...
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Ficly-Con
There are too many miracles that occurred to make this happen. How the convention hall was booked, how catering was provided, how so many writers from Ficly were able to come, there is no certainty. What matters is that we MADE IT! The subdivided hall ...
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We Now Interrupt Your Regularly-Scheduled Programming…Sort Of
I pushed past Hard Drive, Acrylic and Fetus in tow, and quickly made my way into the short corridor that led to the Council Room. The thick, rectangular metal door was a drab grey-green; I burst it open, emerging in the midst of the current meeting. I ...
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The Father of Wisdom
“Who are you?” The words echoed across the pale marble expanse, dancing across the buttresses and arches of the lofty cathedral. Standing at the end of the room on a small podium, the lone figure turned and faced the speaker. “Hello, ...