The First and Final Thing (Short Story)
★★★★★
From the bestselling author of 'Texas Dead' and 'Angle of Death,' a masterful short story about a man who was supposed to be dead.
At least that’s what his doctor had told him. Diagnosed with end-stage terminal cancer and a few weeks to live, Pratt decides to spare his family the agony of watching him wither away. Armed only with a ragged copy of his favorite author’s paperback novel (Hemingway) and a few things from his own father, Pratt ventures into the Idaho back country prepared to die quickly while immersed in some of the most beautiful country!
The only problem is . . . he doesn’t die!
If you love good short stories, you will want to read this one.
What Readers Have to Say:
“With his ability to transform the commonplace into the extraordinary, Gensburger delivers a sophisticated collection that will stay with the reader for a long time.”
~The Prairies Book Review
Part of: DISTANT RUMORS:10 SHORT STORIES by William Gensburger
★★★★★
From the bestselling author of 'Texas Dead' and 'Angle of Death,' a masterful short story about a man who was supposed to be dead.
At least that’s what his doctor had told him. Diagnosed with end-stage terminal cancer and a few weeks to live, Pratt decides to spare his family the agony of watching him wither away. Armed only with a ragged copy of his favorite author’s paperback novel (Hemingway) and a few things from his own father, Pratt ventures into the Idaho back country prepared to die quickly while immersed in some of the most beautiful country!
The only problem is . . . he doesn’t die!
If you love good short stories, you will want to read this one.
What Readers Have to Say:
“With his ability to transform the commonplace into the extraordinary, Gensburger delivers a sophisticated collection that will stay with the reader for a long time.”
~The Prairies Book Review
Part of: DISTANT RUMORS:10 SHORT STORIES by William Gensburger






