Mystery Gift

2026 · 05 · 11

Good Morning (noon)

I was working today as normal when I went to go to the bathroom briefly, and when I came back there was a Star Trek book on my desk!! I asked my coworker Sandy if she saw anyone drop it off, but she hadn’t. The book itself is The Star Trek Reader, a collection of novelizations of certain episodes from The Original Series. Though its contents are a bit weird, they must have originally published the stories through other books because it’s separated into three books, Star Trek 2, Star Trek 3, and Star Trek 8. Maybe those were just his favorites, but the books have episodes in random orders as well. Where No Man Has Gone Before is in the 3rd book, Star Trek 8, despite it being I think the third episode in the show, as well as the second pilot too. Either way, I’m obviously stoked.

This is actually the second time I’ve found a mysterious gift left for me at my office. The first one was a Star Wars mug with BB8 on it. Now I’m not actually into Star Wars, but I am very much into Star Trek. I’ve kind of made it my whole personality at work, which is fun. My work id is on my Star Trek lanyard, I have a bunch of Star Trek stickers on my name plaque, I have a limited edition Search for Spock taco bell cop holding my pens. I even have a papercraft enterprise that I made hanging in my office lol. Anyway, anyone who knows me knows that Star Trek is sort of my thing, which really doesn’t help me narrow it down at all lmao

Nonetheless I am very grateful for my mysterious benefactor. May I discover them soon so I might thank them.