The Great Wasting (plus two other short stories)

By John M Clegg

The Great Wasting is an investigative tale, that follows a slender thread back to the early 1900's in the West Sierran foothills, USA, where a story is unearthed that some may take as a parable, regarding a medical intervention that was recently rushed onto the market.

Many will applaud the parody, but undoubtedly many more will feel somewhat affronted. Then when you consider a sprinkling of 'theys' and wokes has been stirred in, plus the fact many treated the 'safe and effective' narrative as a quasi-religion, there could be cause for great seething, with the most outraged having lost sight of the fact---- it's only a story.

The second short tale, 'I give myself to you, ' is a quest for survival set in Mid-Europe, 39,000 BC, that throws fresh light on why our Neanderthal cousins became extinct.

The third tale, 'A mathematical incentive, ' set in the late 1950's England, manages to be both na ve and suggestive, telling what befalls a young innocent as he passes into the confusing world of adolescence.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1836155999
• ISBN13: 9781836155997
• Release Date: March 2026
• Publisher: Grosvenor House Publishing Limited
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 7.0"