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Etchings
Alan James, a history professor at Colorado University and his wife Lizzie, a well respected artist, often visit small town cemeteries on weekends.
Some of the towns still bustle with people, but some have long since lost the energy of life, sitting empty and alone.
Alan rubs a charcoal stick over thin paper pressed against the grave markers, to make 'etchings'. Then he uses these etchings to teach his history class how to deduce what happened in those small towns.
Lizzie takes her paints on these outings to capture the beauty, though sometimes poignant and sad, of these small towns and places. Lizzie also has a talent for using her imagination on the etchings to create portraits of those lost souls.
When they travel to the ghost town of 'Hardscrabble', they are drawn to a special resting place, hidden in a small grove of aspen.
Why are there three graves locked behind a gate that cannot be opened.
And why is there a tiny crumbling chapel next to the plots?
Some of the towns still bustle with people, but some have long since lost the energy of life, sitting empty and alone.
Alan rubs a charcoal stick over thin paper pressed against the grave markers, to make 'etchings'. Then he uses these etchings to teach his history class how to deduce what happened in those small towns.
Lizzie takes her paints on these outings to capture the beauty, though sometimes poignant and sad, of these small towns and places. Lizzie also has a talent for using her imagination on the etchings to create portraits of those lost souls.
When they travel to the ghost town of 'Hardscrabble', they are drawn to a special resting place, hidden in a small grove of aspen.
Why are there three graves locked behind a gate that cannot be opened.
And why is there a tiny crumbling chapel next to the plots?
54 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 7, 2015
2 people want to read
About the author
Gary Henson
18 books52 followersI was born in Levelland, Texas, moved to Boulder, Colorado and joined the US Nuclear Submarine force at 17.
After 9 years cruising the oceans, I returned to Colorado and eventually became a software developer.
I've always loved creating something from my imagination. In 2006 I wrote a screenplay, 'Genome'. After years of 'no thanks' or no response I decided to adapt it to a novel and try ePub.
I've since written the first book of a humorous SciFi series, 'Arlo and Jake Enlist' which is also published. I'm working more books in that series as well as stories for magazines.
My interests include playing PC RTS and FPS games like Quake, Serious Sam, Duke Nukem, Command and Conquer. Also music: Chet Atkins, Ventures, Bach, Mozart, Boogie piano.
I love reading, writing out on my patio, preferably with a glass of Sweet Rodeo Red and a plate of nachoes.
After 9 years cruising the oceans, I returned to Colorado and eventually became a software developer.
I've always loved creating something from my imagination. In 2006 I wrote a screenplay, 'Genome'. After years of 'no thanks' or no response I decided to adapt it to a novel and try ePub.
I've since written the first book of a humorous SciFi series, 'Arlo and Jake Enlist' which is also published. I'm working more books in that series as well as stories for magazines.
My interests include playing PC RTS and FPS games like Quake, Serious Sam, Duke Nukem, Command and Conquer. Also music: Chet Atkins, Ventures, Bach, Mozart, Boogie piano.
I love reading, writing out on my patio, preferably with a glass of Sweet Rodeo Red and a plate of nachoes.
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June 9, 2015I just released 'Etchings', a short story about a couple who discover a horrible secret, locked in the graveyard of a tiny ghost town in Colorado.
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September 10, 2015
XXX I thoroughly enjoyed Etchings by Gary Henson. His characters are sympathetic, his story flows nicely and his descriptions of the mountains make me homesick. I will watch for more of his work.
October 3, 2016
This is a really good book. The plot is well designed and the story quite gripping. I am looking forward to reading more from the author.
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