The Wider World: A Collection of Stories for Seekers of Truth (in Fiction)

by Ray Foy

Nine short and novella length tales examine the consequences of searching for, or accidentally discovering, the wider world of existence. Tech workers looking for computer solutions find a ghost instead. Santa Claus teams with Mother Nature and a camp of homeless people to find a spark of Christmas spirit. A teenager runs from crazed militia and militarized police as he searches for his parents after the civilized world collapses. A burned-out tech worker must decide between his old wage-slave existence and taking a change on an adventure that could cost him his life. A US Senator must decide whether becoming the first woman president is worth her immortal soul. The ghost of Scrooge tries to pass his Christmas lessons on to a modern man. A boy is tormented by his bully in Bible Camp until he finds a shocking solution. And an estranged son tries to find the truth of his father's strange death, and find renewal for his life in the process. Includes author notes for each story, and a Foreword that is an essay on what it means to search for, and maybe find, the wider world.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0692509062
• ISBN13: 9780692509067
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Arbordin Park Press
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 to Postsecondary