A Dead Man's Odyssey

by Horvat, George T.

• ISBN13: 9781449762650
• ISBN10: 1449762654
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-08-28
• Publisher: Westbow Press

Summary

This story is about a man who had finally reached the end of his rope with the Christian assault on his soul. It was an assault that came at him from all directions, burying him in theological contradictions. By this time in his life, he had given up on his faith and decided to walk away and let the chips fall where they may. He would lead his life one day at a time, and to hell with who was right and who was wrong. It wasn't going to be a pleasant experience coming his way in this middle world that he suddenly found himself in, but it would wind up being a turning point in his life-a turning point that would bring him back into the fold, for the Shepherd is a jealous caretaker and dreads the loss of a single member of his flock. All of his issues would not be resolved, but the events happening in this place beyond the grave would ultimately strengthen his faith and would serve as his shield against further attacks from the adversary. Follow him on his journey as he finds himself stranded somewhere between heaven and hell.

Excerpts

By now I was beginning to talk to myself out loud. Somehow the sound of my own voice was a little reassuring, but not very. This whole thing was beginning to feel crazy and even though I knew that I wasn't, was I asleep I wondered? Was this a dream? Nah, no this can't be a dream! This is too real I thought while doing a quick survey of my surroundings. Looking intently at the trees, then up at the bright blue sky and feeling the soft summer wind, I could only conclude that this is all definitely real. Yeah OK, crazy real, but nevertheless real! However the intensity of my reservations were increasing, so I resumed peddling, but more slowly this time, advancing a little further in, hoping to see something that would make sense, anything! Then finally, there it was. Down at what seemed to be the bottom of the grade I saw what appeared to be the corner of a house. But from here it sure didn't look like something that had been put in recently. What little of the house that I could see looked like something that had been here for a long time, a very long time? "This is really nuts," I muttered aloud again! "An old road, an old house! Here? No it can't be! I gotta be dreaming! I've gone around this corner hundreds of times and none of this was ever here before? Sure I wear glasses, but I'm not "that" blind!" What the hell is going on here," I questioned myself aloud?" Then taking a deep breath I began thinking that maybe the wise thing to do would be to just to get out of here? But my curiosity was still strong and won out. I just had to see what was at the end of this road. I just had to! So with nervous caution I decided to continue on and take a look. Then as I slowly drew near to the house, more and more things began to reveal themselves. The house seemed to be situated on the corner of an intersection down there. I couldn't believe it, a crossroads? Here in the middle of the woods? Nah it can't be! But unbelievably, the closer I got the more it looked like this road did indeed end at a crossroads. Now this was really getting weird, because by now I could swear that I was actually hearing the faint sounds of traffic. Could this road actually be leading back out onto the highway? I've lived here for seven years! Why didn't I know this?