A Retelling
This is a short story.
I offered to show you the afterlife. It’s not something everyone’s invited to see.
Senator Mienz is ready to celebrate passing the bill his donors demanded. As he’s leaving his office building, the elevator malfunctions, trapping him with a page whose long hair betrays him as hopelessly unsophisticated…
…if he really is a page…
A re-envisioned Christmas Carol for our time.