The World More Full of Weeping

Eleven-year-old Brian Page spends every waking moment in the forest behind the house where he lives with his father. But forests are always deeper than anyone can know. Secrets are hidden in the eternal twilight of the trees. Those secrets emerge into light when Brian disappears in the forest, as his father did three decades before. His father, however, came home with no memory of the events in the depths of the forest. What has drawn Brian away? Will he emerge, shuddering and broken, as his father did, or will the forests close around him, as they have done so often before?The book also includes an essay by the author called "Places and Names."REVIEWSWith The World More Full of Weeping, author Robert J. Wiersema proves that one can tell an eerie and captivating story without resorting to violence or spilling a single drop of blood. This short novella, about a preteen who goes missing in the same woods that his father did as a child (where they both encounter a strange girl), is graceful and potent, and will appeal to fans of quiet, introspective horror.-Monica S. Kuebler, Rue Morgue/ / / / Wiersema crafts this tale so that the terror strikes at the soul and not the gut and the story which makes the story much more powerful than a tale of violent horror. This novella gets my highest possible recommendation and only comes with one caveat: be prepared to lay awake at night thinking about this tale the next time you are faced with a choice over taking the road less travelled.-Examiner.com/ / / / It's a compelling read, a heartfelt one, and it flies by like the best bits of Stephen King. The ending is perfect and crystal-clear, part and parcel of a literary wonder that clutches your heart in the dearest way imaginable . . . This one is a stunner and as recommended as it gets.-Bookslut