Social Median, The

By Christopher Holmes Nixon

“The median is our shepherd, we shall not want!”

This Sunday, join the Church of Sociology as the Right Honorable Reverend John James Veritable delivers his most charismatic sermon to date.

Streaming live from the Citadel, follow Reverend Veritable as he guides us through the Revised Book of Genesis and the four sacred pillars of the Social Median.

Watch, listen, and believe as Reverend Veritable introduces three lost children, Jack Freeman, Frank Overton, and Patricia Manners, and recounts their miraculous path to salvation.

Join us! #ChurchofSociology #RevisedBookofGenesis #ReverendVeritable #TheSocialMedian

“The Social Median” is a work of horror and dystopian science fiction in which social media forms the nexus for technology, politics, economics, and society to assume control of all aspects of human life in the form of a new religion.

For more works by Christopher Holmes Nixon, please visit www.foehammerpublications.com.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Christopher Holmes Nixon
• Release date: Nov 27, 2016
• ISBN: 9780994812872

Christopher Holmes Nixon

Christopher Holmes Nixon is originally from, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and holds degrees in Economics and Political Science from the same city. For the last decade, he has served as an Infantry Officer with the Canadian Armed Forces and the Princess Patricias Canadian Light Infantry, with one operational tour to Afghanistan with the Task Force 3-09 Battle Group. He currently resides in Edmonton, Alberta, and enjoys an addiction to writing. For more works by Christopher Holmes Nixon, please visit www.foehammerpublications.com.

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The Social Median Copyright © 2015 Christopher Holmes Nixon

Canadian Intellectual Property Office Reference: 1125526

Hardcopy edition ISBN: 978-0-9948128-6-5

Digital edition ISBN: 978-0-9948128-7-2

Written by Christopher Holmes Nixon

Cover art by Bob and Jelena Gajic at [e-mail]

Copyediting by Jeff Suess and Writer’s Digest at www.writersdigestshop.com

Digital distribution through Smashwords at www.smashwords.com

Produced by FoeHammer Publications at www.foehammerpublications.com

The Social Median originally published as part of Beyond Science Fiction Magazine on 30 January 2015.

The Social Median is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

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THE SOCIAL MEDIAN

Christopher Holmes Nixon

Can I get an amen?

Amen!

Can I get a hallelujah?

Hallelujah!

Can I get a good God ya’ll!

Good God!

I call upon you, my devoted followers, to praise the all mighty median, our Citadel, and bless our sermon here today!

The man in the elaborate blue suit lifted his arms into the air as he was engulfed by a surge of unrestrained admiration and verbal revelry rising up from the floor of the cathedral.

Good morning, my followers! spoke the man in the blue suit, his outstretched arms oscillating with fervent energy. My name is the Right Honourable Reverend John James Veritable, sociangelist, political and spiritual leader, and conduit for the will of the people… perhaps you’ve heard of me!

A second wave of uninhibited shouts coupled with a surge of camera flashes filled the confines of the church as Reverend Veritable turned to face the massive projection screen hanging behind him. Displayed on the screen was a live feed of the interior of the Citadel with Reverend Veritable standing in the centre of a stone stage rising up in front of a vast conglomeration of men, women, and children clamouring along the expansive rows of church pews. Set into the bottom right-hand corner of the monitor was a miniature thumbs-up symbol positioned beside a rapidly ascending digital counter.

Over ten million likes in only a few moments, said Reverend Veritable as he turned back towards the audience. I beseech you, is this not connection, devotion, and unity in its truest form?

"Praise be to