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    Darkness At The End of The Trail.
    Darkness At The End of The Trail.
    Darkness At The End of The Trail.
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    Darkness At The End of The Trail.

    By James P Hutchinson

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    A short story about that covers an eternity. As an object passing to and from a many hands it changes people and in the process becomes something more.
    While hiking a worn trail Joseph, the lead character, finds a simple stone. The stone has traveled many thousands of miles and Joseph is just one more person to touch and be touched by it.
    In the end we wonder the meaning of time and the relative importance we place on ourselves.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJames P Hutchinson
    Release dateJul 16, 2012
    ISBN9781476336879
    Darkness At The End of The Trail.
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    James P Hutchinson

    Mr. Hutchinson lives in Gallup, New Mexico. Over the years he has had the opportunity to live in eight states and traveled to many of the remaining. This has provided the joy of variety of people and places that have contributed to a diverse view of the world which aids, or contributes to his writing. So many stories start with something learned whether it results from the people we meet or the things that we encounter each and every day.A curiosity about the world in general and an obsession about our daily existence makes for a variety of interest. The smallest of details often seem of little importance but are often the piece of a larger puzzle.

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      Darkness At The End of The Trail. - James P Hutchinson

      Darkness at the End of the Trail.

      A long journey

      By J P Hutchinson

      Published by J P Hutchinson at Smashwords

      Copyright 2012 J P Hutchinson

      A short story that covers an eternity. As an object passing to and from a man it changes him and in the process becomes something more.

      Dedication

      To my family Marisa, Danielle, and Gabriel

      Who, I love with all my heart.

      Darkness At The End of the Trail

      By J P Hutchinson

      Introduction

      The stone lay just on top of the surface as had for centuries, perhaps as it did for millennia. Suns and moons rose and fell. Occasionally its rest had been disturbed by the feet of a passing animal. Once a reptilian bird had picked it up mistaking it for a seed or small bit of food and dropped it a few short feet away from here. For the most part though, it had remained in the same place despite the rains, winds, and other acts of nature.

      Where it originated was of no real consequence. Since it had no real thought, no breath, and apparently no purpose it made no difference from where it came. It did not care. No other creature, until the birth of one called man, cared about it.

      It was basically round and flat. Its outer surface was smooth as glass and it reflected a golden aura that might, had it been more of a valuable ore, made it special. Since most creatures that found it saw only a common stone and other than a curiosity determined it was of little value. Some ancestors who might have possessed it for short periods of time might have considered a coin or other object of trade. It made no difference to the stone.

      Once picked up by one of the original group called men, it began

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