I Read Stories: Call It My Signature Kill by Kristina Ten

Call It My Signature Kill by Kristina Ten in Okay Donkey

Greg writes emails to all his co-workers. He signs them off best, Greg. And by wishing them the best, good things happen to them. No matter how much they deserve it.

One day he stops signing off best, just ending with Greg*. And the good things stop happening.

Read This: A creepy email magic story
Don’t Read This: It’s a creepy email magic story

 

* The most unrealistic part of the story is that this is a well-known passive aggressive way of getting at people, and no one seems to care, though to be fair they very swiftly have other things to work about. It doesn’t quite fit in this footnote, but what the hell; there was a woman at an insurance company I worked at who would always sign off her emails XXXX. The X is a kiss right, and we weren’t on kissing terms, not even air-kisses. And as a Brit, I stop after 2 air-kisses, even in France, even in a four kiss zone