Last Fragments (Fiction)

Andrew doesn't have long to live, but in many ways he is just learning how. Read Nathan Perrin's short story about one man's journey to find life's purpose.

By Nathan Perrin

Andrew watched the chemo mixture go slowly into his veins. He closed his eyes and let out a deep sigh. Stage four brain cancer, get his affairs in order the doctor told him. The end is most likely near.

He had dreamed of retiring to rural Wisconsin for as long as he could remember, but here he was, thirty-eight years old and about to die …