Story Excerpt Sunday: from ‘The Final Choice’ in Fantastical Ramblings by Irene Radford

The Final Choice

a story from the collection

Fantastical Ramblings

by Irene Radford

Death sat at the bar wondering what he had forgotten to do. 11:02 P.M. December 31. There was something he had to do before midnight or the new year would not arrive. Time would stop. Life would be frozen in an endless cold sleep. Souls would have no home.

Change would not continue to shape the universe.

Fates would not be fulfilled.

Death took a sip of his drink and concentrated on his duty.

The potential suicide in...