Morality Stories

A society without a conscienceBereft of a moral compassCaring not for those who need helpDenying the humanity of its citizensEventually will be consumed by the dark.Fear will prevail.Good will succumb to itHope will be forever lostIgnominious transformation will be the result.Justice is indeed an elusive thing.Kindness may not defeat crueltyLove may not triumph over hate.Maybe the answer we seekNot at all complicated or s...

The question was whether I should kill him very slowly or just slowly. He was sitting on the ground badly injured after his fall. His back was propped up against the base of a large rock. I kept my revolver aimed at his chest. I was standing about ten feet away.“Ya gotta be hubbie, right?” he asked. “Cause ya sure don’t look like no cop or ranger.”“Yes,” I responded. “I’m the husband.”“Yer a lucky man!” he said. “She was...

© Copyright 2008, 2010 By Autumn Writer Chapter 2: Summer For there is a man whose labor is in wisdom and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not labored therein shall he leave it for his portion? This also is vanity and a great evil. For what hath man of all his labor, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath labored under the sun? Ecclesiastes 2: 21-22 May 1950 Hal sat in his pickup truck, looki...

THE FOUR SEASONS © Copyright 2008, 2010 By Autumn Writer Prologue How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? How long shall mine enemy be exalted over me? Consider and hear me, O Lord my god: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death; Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved. Psalm 13: 2- "Señor Hal, Señor Hal!" the young...