Prompt: The List | Word Count: 1500 words | Genre: Realistic fiction
She scanned the list of applicants who had sent in requests to come to meet Her. Reading through the letters, She reviewed each one’s story and assessed the journey they were on, to make a decision of whether to grant them an audience. There were two letters She found intriguing – from a man and a woman. She paused, pondering over the decision of whether to put their names onto the final list of those She would meet and bless. From the lofty heights of Her shrine located in the majestic Himalayan mountains, Mata Vaishno Devi watched the two subjects who were the object of her curiosity.