All libraries should have these luminous corners. That space near the blinds, behind the section reserved for the Quattrocento; or that seldom frequented mezzanine, obstructed by boxes and half-built ... [+]
The Job Interview: Thoughts and Prayers Accepted
Lori Shandle-Fox's story, "The Job Interview: Thoughts and Prayers Accepted," was selected a finalist in the fall 2018 Set Stories Free Contest, a creative project funded by the Knight Foundation and co-hosted by Short Edition and the Public Library Association.
"Voicemail. Faaabulous. Anyway... Good morning. I've arrived. And let me tell you: There's nothing like heading to a job interview and praying to God that you don't get it. (Oh this is Amelia by the way, in case you didn't already know.) Why am I being so negative? I can do this, right? Can't I? I can do it. Right? I mean: How hard can it be? Job interviews probably haven't changed that much in the past twenty years, have they? I mean, humans still conduct job interviews, don't they? They're not done by androids or iPhones or drones or anything—Right? I can't believe I got here so early. What