Photo by: Marie Gail Stratford
The alien spaceship landed atop Bloomingdales. The God-King emerged. Its immeasurable charisma and beauty had conquered hundreds of worlds.
From the speakers, it spoke about curing all Human problems. It intended no such thing, but slaves liked it.
New Yorkers looked up, shrugged, and moved on.
“It’s not working,” whined the God-King.
It’s PR-Slave said, “Keep going! New Yorkers aren’t easily impressed.”
The God-King continued with its promise of nirvana.
Suddenly thousands of New Yorkers turned and rushed toward the building.
“Aha! They’re coming now,” crowed the God-King.
“That’s not it,” groaned the PR-Slave. “Bloomingdales is having a sale.”
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Written for the Friday Fictioneers: https://rochellewisoff.com/2017/11/08/10-november-2017-2/
EagleAye
Momus News 
Dear Eric,
For a God-King he’s pretty clueless, isn’t he? He’d better run while he can. Wacky and unique as always.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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He sure is. Like so many creatures with charisma and little else (e.g., politicians), he’s not used to thinking first. That’s why he needs a PR (public relations)-Slave. 😉 Thanks so much, Rochelle! 🙂
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I’d say these people already are slaves.
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True enough. Slaves to the Almighty Dollar. Humans already have their God-King. 😉
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Can’t let an alien invasion get in the way of the sales! Good fun 🙂
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Haha! Capitalism waits for no invader. 😉 Thanks much!
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I like the pace of this, and the detail. The irony that slavery to the dollar overcomes alien invasion is rather exquisite too. Nice story!
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I hoped folks would enjoy the irony. Glad you enjoyed this, and thank you much! 🙂
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Good stoy. I loved it.
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Happy to hear that. Thank you very much!
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“Bloomingdales is having a sale.” . . . . Now that has got to be deflating to the God-King.
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Yeah it is. Soul crushing, even. He took a vacation after that. Started writing his memoirs. 😉
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Ha Ha
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I really enjoyed your story! Is the coupon in today’s paper? I need to get it out of the trash. Seriously, you are really a great writer!
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Gosh, you made me blush *blush blush* Thank you! The coupon is there, 42% off on all green-label merchandise. 😉 Glad you enjoyed this one. 🙂
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This calls for a rethink!
Click to read my FriFic!
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No kidding. Their simple marketing strategy isn’t cutting it in this competitive New York crowd. 😉
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That was an enjoyable little visit this week. Glad I don’t believe in that God-King, he’s pretty durn stupid.
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He’s just spoiled. He’s not used to tough crowds. New Yorkers have seen it all and aren’t impressed by amateurs. 😉 Glad you enjoyed the visit. Thanks much! 🙂
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Funny. And very believable.
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Thank you! Glad you had fun. 🙂
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This was great fun to read. Nice take on the prompt.
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So good to hear that. Much appreciated! 🙂
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I always like it when I burst out laughing at the end of a FF story! Which I so did, here.
Poor King Clueless…
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Haha! “King Clueless” is right. It’s always good to hear someone burst out laughing. It feels like I did my job right. Thanks so much Dale!
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😂
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Ha ha – great last line!
Susan A Eames at
Travel, Fiction and Photos
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Hehe. Glad you enjoyed it. Thank you kindly! 🙂
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Haha – very nicely done!
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Thank you so much! 🙂
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