Free through February 13, 2022: Mergs (or Why Godot Can’t Come)

This is one of 13 short stories from my Echoes of the Mind’s Eye collection. You can download the ebook version of this short story in all major formats free until February 13, but only from Smashwords by clicking here.

In a world that worships power and raises human beings onto pedestals erected from the insubstantial building blocks of ego, hubris, and self-delusion, it is no wonder that we look for meaning and enlightenment in all the wrong places. We turn a dismissive eye to human sufferi...