Sunshine of Your Cult by J.S. Morin

Author:J.S. Morin
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781643550251
Publisher: Magical Scrivener Press

The office was glass-walled, angled inward to make the ceiling smaller than the floor all around. It was night outside on the lunar surface. Her bare feet slapped along the cool stone floor as she approached the room’s lone occupant, seated behind an ornate desk. Her escorts had all stayed behind at the lift.

She was on her own.

Tiffany kept her hands clasped behind her back. She bit her lip to keep from saying anything flippant as she approached the desk, tasting the funny lipstick from the toiletries kit. She wasn’t sure what exactly the stuff was made from but trusted that if the others wore it, there couldn’t be anything toxic.

Probably.

The chair was turned away from her when Tiffany stopped arm’s reach from the desk. The corporate plate perched on the desk read: Julius Antonius Steinbeck, CEO.

The chair swiveled.

Julius Antonius Steinbeck dressed like a proper pharaoh. His elaborate headdress seemed impossibly perched with a tiny head to support it. The serpent that coiled from his circlet had rubies for eyes. Rings adorned each finger. Those fingers tapped together menacingly.

“Hello, Tiffany,” Julius Steinbeck said. His tone came across reasonable, like he was interviewing her for a summer internship. “I understand you’re interested in joining the Cult of Ra. Is that so?”

Tiffany nodded. “Yes, sir.”

“Your Holiness,” Steinbeck corrected her mildly. “I’m a direct conduit to the will of Ra. You will address me as such. Is that understood?”

“Yes, Your Holiness,” Tiffany replied meekly.

Steinbeck smiled. His false gold beard moved along with his chin. “Excellent. Now, what made you decide to dedicate your service in this life and the next to Almighty Ra?”

Oh, God. This really was a fucking job interview. Tiffany hadn’t so much as waited tables in her life. All she had to go by were shitty office-humor holovids. “Um, the whole One Church thing never sat right with me,” she said, spouting the first thing that came to mind. She hadn’t thought to spend her brief captivity rehearsing interview questions. “Infinite benevolence but eternal torture. Bad things happening to good people. It all cut across the grain, if you know what I mean. It’s like too many writers working on a sitcom and couldn’t decide if the character God was a nice guy or a hardass. Ra sounds like more of a straight shooter. You know, grow crops or burn in the desert. You get what you sign up for. Plus, it’s got some cred for being both old and species-inclusive. I mean, some of my best friends aren’t human.”

“I see,” was all Steinbeck said to all that. “What do you see yourself bringing to our organization? We’re not a charity. You’ll be expected to earn your keep.”

“I’ve got people skills,” Tiffany blurted. Last thing she wanted was to get stuck on janitorial duty or kitchen work while Esper worked out a way to rescue her. “I was planning to be a newsreader before I got fed up with the religious hypocrisy out there in the core worlds.”

Steinbeck nodded along. “We may have a place for you in the service of Ra.

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