The Nature of Crows - E-book - ePub

At the age of sixty five Joe is bored with his life. To the casual eye, Joe has led a rather successful life. He's held down a steady job for most of it, had a good marriage that produced three well-adjusted off spring and generally led a life most men would envy. With his children out of the house raising their own kids and his wife in the grave, Joe no longer finds anything compelling about his life and has decided to take the matter into his own hands.
He's going to end things on his terms instead of growing older and more bored with his life. He's ready to take the last train out of this world but while lying on the train track he hears the sounds of a young lady in distress. He abandons the tracks and his final journey for a little bit longer to help her out and in the process changes the course of his life and death. As he approaches the screaming girl he witnesses a strange sight.
Dancing around her is a figure in black, corralling her up against a wall. When he reaches out to touch the stranger it collapses, leaving behind a pile of clothes and rats.