Nellie Wertz is seeing yet
another winter set in on her East Texas farm. Being 107 means she has seen
quite a few winters and she isn't about to stop now. While outliving three
husbands was okay, she hates the fact she has outlived four of her five
children. And while she often dreams of her own passing, she is very much alive
and that means it is time to pay her respects to the recently departed Emily
Cook.
To do so she will walk with
her cane the two miles or so into town for the funeral. The road is a narrow winding
one and she isn’t the only one on it in The Eternal: A Short Story by George
Wier. She also isn’t the only one to dream of the dead.
Well known for his excellent
Bill
Travis series, Texas author George Wier has a far different kind of
tale here. Inspirational and everlasting in one sense and a complex mystery in
another sense, The Eternal is one of those very complex stories that can't be
easily labeled. Multiple things are at work here on multiple levels. It is very
good and you need to read it. Enough said.
The Eternal: A Short Story
George Wier
Flagstone
Books
ASIN:
B004U6TD44
March
2011
E-Book
31
Pages
$0.99
PDF supplied by the author a very long time ago in
exchange for my objective review.
Kevin R. Tipple ©2014
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