The Gray Man and Other Stories

"C. Stephen Layman, author of the compelling Letters to Thomas, now brings us an engaging set of short stories that are reminiscent of de Maupassant's zingers. Fast moving dialogue propels these investigations of the paranormal that evoke an atmosphere like those in Stephen Crane's short stories. At the same time, Layman probes the complexities of many philosophical and religious questions that arise naturally in relation to the paranormal. These are excellent reads!"

--Thomas Trzyna, author of Karl Popper and Literary Theory



"These stories are a pleasure to read. They have a distinct 'edge' to them that comes from their conviction that there are 'more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt in your philosophy.' The philosophy under pressure here is the fundamental assumption that the world as we know it is utterly material and disenchanted. Here are tales that haunt the borderlands of the disenchantment of modern life--always remembering that 'enchantment' can look either sublime or terrifying, and sometimes both at the same time. C. Stephen Layman is recovering the post-modern soul."

--David Summers, professor of English, Capital University