Afterlife Publised
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Publishing a book is like giving birth to an elephant: It takes a long time, hurts like hell and is accompanied with a lot of ear splitting noise.
But it is done. Afterlife is now on the market. Order a thousand copies today.
After death, one soon discovers that every theologian was right. The afterlife offers too many inconvenient options including the chance at reincarnation, a boring existence as a ghost, the ultimate demise of oblivion or a short walk into the great unknown on the other side of The Light.
AFTERLIFE is a humorous yet tragic tale that forces everyone to rethink their postmortem prejudices. If you think life is frustrating, try death.
Cover blurbs
“Afterlife delivers a story crawling with heart, humor and hope. Packed with a cast of characters who surprise with insights, integrity and insults, this book made me more curious about life’s after-party. We can all hope that Guy’s vision can light the way, because we’ll be laughing and learning on that path while we wait for our turn at care that’s critical.” – Ron Seybold
“… imaginative, funny and smart.” – Heidi Springer
Author’s comments
Comparative theology is an interesting hobby as long as one doesn’t take theology itself too seriously.
Harvard Bob tends to agree. Harvard Bob — who was president of Harvard Theological Seminary during the Timothy Leary period at that ivy covered asylum — has seen theological debates at a depth and arcane intensity that would make most men prefer the Devil. One day while he and I were chatting about the different human conceptualizations of God and the afterlife, I got a bad case of the giggles. The curious notion that had struck me was that maybe everybody was right — that all the theologians were 1000% correct and that every explanation about what happens to human souls was spot on. Ghosts, reincarnation, oblivion, The Light … they were all available in the ever after.
This of course led to a logical problem. How does one choose a path in the afterlife? Are there moral choices with each option? What is the relative worth of each alternative or do some postmortem options remain as ambiguous as the unspoken reservations about the very existence of an afterlife we all share (come on and admit it)?
What if death was as confusing, unpredictable and angst-inducing as life?
So I invented a situation and a Job-like character to deal with the mess we call death. In a horrific auto accident he dies, his wife survives, and in his afterlife he is presented with news and choices that would drive a sane man mad and a mad man to run for office.
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