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FICTION | DRABBLE | SATIRE

The World’s Greatest Swindle

Questions about the meaning of life.

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A question bothers humanity for aeons.

What’s the meaning of life?

Is any religion right? Can you get into the afterlife? Reincarnate? What if only what you do in this life matters? I bet you feel utterly confused about whom to pray to now.

Maybe you should forget about spirituality! Live in the here and now. Run. Drink. Party. Fuck! Just become a vegetable by watching reality TV until your brain fries.

Can that be all? Is it the World’s greatest swindle?

The Powers That Be patiently gather for their favourite reality TV again.

Watch humans relentlessly search for meaning.

Inspired by Grim Flandango’s Drabble a Day Writing Prompts (bushel) and Eva MacInnes’s story, The Worst Swindle Ever.

Commissioned artwork for Jay C Wells designed by Slug with a Pencil

Be honest, you liked this! Be sure to subscribe to my email list so you never miss a new story. You can also support my writing on Ko-fi.

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