I pull a piece of paper out of the hat and look at the name written on it. Curtis.  I smile with relief.

This is my first Christmas at Grey Chapman Chartered Accountants and I was worried I’d get one of the partners who I don’t really know very well. Curtis is a big Lord of the Rings fan so it should be easy enough to find a Secret Santa gift for him.

At lunch time I pop out to the $2 shop to see what I can find and voilà, there it is. The One Ring, soon to be re-labeled as The Eakring – the Greatest of all the Rings of Power and the most Powerful Artifact in all of Accounting. Perfect.

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For 100 consecutive days I will write and post a short story (about 100 words) incorporating a randomly selected word from Afterliff: A new dictionary of things there should be words for.

Today’s word:
eakring n.
A token of undying thrift.

Tomorrow’s word:
dunoon v.
To inveigle someone into a game you know they cannot play.