A Holiday Gift
Faith Allington
Friday, Dec 8, 2028
From: Supplien Fulfilment Center
Dear Jean,
Thank you for your order. We’ll send you another email confirming when your items ship. Please know that they may arrive in separate boxes, but rest assured that they will all arrive in time for Christmas.
Best,
Supplien
Friday, Dec 8, 2028
From: Jean W.
I did not place an order, I think my account may have been hacked.
-J
Saturday, Dec 9, 2028
From: Supplien Fulfilment Center
Dear Jean,
Thank you for your inquiry. We checked your account and as a member of the SEAMLESS premium membership tier, your household qualifies for psychic orders. Someone in your household placed the order in 5 days from now. Our SEAMLESS membership saves time by monitoring data from your Supplien-connected devices and predicting your orders with 94.2% accuracy.
Thank you for using SEAMLESS.
Best,
Supplien
Monday, Dec 11, 2028
From: Supplien Fulfilment Center
Dear Jean,
Your order has been delivered. Please rate your delivery on a scale of 1-5.
Best,
Supplien
Monday, Dec 11, 2028
From: Jean W.
The delivery was fine, but I don’t understand why I received a shovel and a plastic tarp.
Monday, Dec 11, 2028
From: Supplien Fulfilment Center
Dear Jean,
Your order was placed in 2 days from now. We recommend waiting until then.
Best,
Supplien
Tuesday, Dec 12, 2028
From: Supplien Fulfilment Center
Dear Jean,
We received your request to download your data, including all the activity, video, calls, texts, emails and intents for every member of your household. Please find the link here. You can also copy and paste the URL directly into your address bar.
Best,
Supplien
Friday, Dec 15, 2028
From: Supplien Headquarters
Dear Jean,
We understand that the holidays can be a particularly difficult time to lose a loved one. We sincerely hope that your husband is found alive and well. As a small gesture, please accept our automatic renewal of your SEAMLESS premium subscription for another year.
Best,
Supplien
Faith Allington (she/her) is a writer, oddity, and lover of mystery parties. Her work is forthcoming or has appeared in literary journals, including Hexagon MYRIAD, Pyre Magazine, Flash Frontier, Hearth & Coffin, and Crow & Cross Keys.