Be Still: A Novelette

By Stephen W. Reid

Book Overview

In the drought-stricken forest he has watched for years, Elias Thorne knows the job by heart: scan the horizon, mark the log, keep the fire from getting the first word. But when a wildfire destroys a newly built house near his tower, routine gives way to obsession. As Elias turns the event over in his mind, what begins as a single mistake becomes a deeper reckoning with guilt, aging, duty, and the uneasy question of what it means to make something right when no one is asking for a confession. Quietly devastating and rich with moral tension, Be Still is a literary novelette about conscience, marriage, and the burdens we choose to carry.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GWSYFR37
• ISBN13: 9798295757723
• Release Date: April 2026
• Publisher: Pineywoods Press
• Length: 102 Pages
• Weight: 0.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 4.3" x 7.0"