Forever

by Jack Weyland

Seventeen new stories appear in this, the first in a series of short story volumes by Jack Weyland. One entry is a delightful classic previously published in the New Era. All of them reflect the youthful but enduring freshness of Jack Weyland's work. Cheyenne is in New York is an irresistible confection, a delightful a romance. Family Reunion will give you a whole new focus on an ancient activity. You'll laugh at the fractured fairytales; in The Story of Fenderfella and smile at the science fiction perspectives revealed in A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood and Virtual Moccasins. And great joy awaits readers of The Dream. There are tales of growth and development that shed a subtle light on the truths of the Gospel, and some not so subtle lessons that will delight and amuse. There are even tales of sorrow at lessons learned the hard way. But each story upholds values that are important to everyone who is young at heart, values that will last Forever.

Genres: Lds Fiction

176 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2002

About the author

Jack Weyland is the best-selling author of young-adult fiction for the Latter-day Saint market. In fact, the modern genre of Latter-day Saint-themed popular fiction is one he is largely responsible for creating with his overwhelmingly popular novel Charly. His interest in fiction began with a correspondence course in creative writing taken during a summer at BYU where he was doing research work. Since then he has published more than two dozen books, and over fifty of his short stories have been published by the LDS Church magazine The New Era.

Born in Butte, Montana, Jack received a B.S. degree in physics from Montana State University and a Ph.D. in physics from BYU. Currently he teaches physics at BYU-Idaho. He formerly taught physics at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology.

Jack and his wife, Sheryl, are the parents of five children and have four grandchildren. His hobbies include racquetball and singing.

Reviews

[Bart Andersen · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this collection of short Stories They were very vivid and I loved the positive message that each one contained. I Liked "Four Simple Words" where this wife was having a really hard day and her husband was more concerned about his "Big Job promotion" than he was about her, In the end However he realized that all it took was "Four Simple Words to let her know that he cared about her far more than some Job.

The one that Really stuck out to me was "The Dream" where this kid had a dream where he was standing in a line outside his bishops office and when he got inside the savior was there and he got to look into his eyes and how thankful he felt for what the savior had done for him.



I simply loved this book and found it to be a very uplifting and wholesome read.