Parables from the Grave: Twenty-two fantasies of death and life

Name: Parables from the Grave: Twenty-two fantasies of death and life
Rating: 4 (3 reviews)

K. R. Watts

May 2021 · Stuart Tartly Press

4.0

3 reviews

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Every tale of death is a meditation on life...

Parables from the Grave is a collection of fanciful tales about the moments before, during, after, or near death.

In these pages you'll meet. . .

Beverly, who finds a biplane being extricated from her roof with the help of a circus clown and an elephant.

Morris, who faces death while contemplating dreams, quantum physics, and déjà vu.

Arnold, who spends a life-time waiting to be united with his true love, only to discover that heaven isn't quite what he imagined.

Sid, who finds himself sitting in a very tacky restaurant across from an even tackier angel, discussing the meaning of life and grammar

. . . and 18 others, each facing issues of life in the midst of death.

Ratings and reviews

4.0

3 reviews

Sonja

January 29, 2023

I never thought that reading about death would be so delightful. Parables from the Grave is a collection of thought-provoking short stories that have you questioning, not only what you've just read, but what happens, if anything, when you die. They are unexpected, twist-turning, well-written tales that cover topics from reincarnation and deja vu, to the so-called pearly gates and who, or what, greets you there. So I ask you, what exactly is a soul, and does grammar really make a difference?

Marilyn Watson

July 23, 2023

"Parables from the Grave" was a very unusual book, but I enjoyed it very much as it made me think! The author has written a highly imaginative series of short stories ruminating on the possibilities of the fate that awaits all of us when the inevitable happens: Death. The stories are not biased towards the beliefs in any one religion or spirituality and gives one plenty of food for thought about what we're expecting and how different it might be from the general expectations of many.

About the author

K. R. Watts is the author of The Guardian Dolphin, Parables from the Grave, The Human, and Human Unforgiven. Before turning his hand to fiction, he taught high school English and math, college philosophy and logic, and ancient Greek at the graduate level. His first short story was written as an example for his high school writing students and appeared in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, where it earned him fifty dollars and a favorable review in The Writers Digest.

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