Establishing Witness

the halfwit is dead, the church folk are assembled and the pump organ is wheezing out hymns. in short, the stage is set for vernie lee hurlow, grandmother of the “poor little thing” laid out in her living room, to declare her revelation, one she has been carrying for fifteen years. she alone knows the reason behind this tragedy. but where is the preacher? vernie needs an ordained minister to establish her story of divine providence and the mystery therein.

set in appalachia, this story follo...