Kindle Edition Amazon Amazon Category:  Science Fiction Publisher: Burning Willow Press Type: Fiction Pages: 86 Copyright: Feb 10, 2018 ISBN-13: 9781947584150 Price: $2.95 (eBook) An aged, retired physician finds a meteorite that heals and rejuvenates, but the silver lining has a dark cloud and circumstances lead to twists and turns that probe the depths of life, love and aging. In the middle of a dark, winter night, Doc's shed is burned down by a curious meteor that cures disease, reverses aging, and elicits euphoria. But the silver lining also comes with a dark cloud and circumstances arise which probe the nature of life, love, old age and renewal. Cry a little, laugh a lot, but BEWARE: the stone's miraculous healing powers are fueled by a diet of at least 5000 calories a day and the story is rife with gratuitous gluttony, so keep a snack at hand.   Asclepius Stone is quick read full of twists and turns which resolve into an ending that produces far more questions than answers. Enjoy this humble offering by Scribeslair.com and Burning Willow Press. Excerpt By now, Doc’s curiosity was getting the better of him, so he and his hound returned to the shed to poke around the ashes. This time he’d take it a bit slower. While Bonnie supervised, Doc uncovered an odd-shaped, rock-hard lump about the size of a softball. On the outside, a dark crust of dirt had been glazed into a smooth, brittle casing. It was still too hot to touch, so Doc used the charred shovel blade to pick it up. It was heavy, ten pounds or more. He carefully chipped away the glaze with the ax head. Inside, Doc found a shiny, blue-black rock. One side was badly scorched, but the cleaner surfaces revealed a solid clump of stone and metal densely covered with glistening dark-red crystals, each the size and shape of a mustard see

Author and Filmmaker Ryan Lieske
"McNally's novella is both heartwarming and heartbreaking in equal measure. The "Twilight Zone"-esque story involves a meteorite that drops the Fountain of Youth into the backyard of an elderly, retired doctor and his dementia-ridden wife. The characters are so well-developed that you feel as if you know them from page one. You ache and hope with them every step of the way. McNally expertly takes them, and the reader, on a journey that tests the bounds of love and death, toward an ending that is surprising and hopeful...yet perhaps a little chilling, as well. I enjoyed the hell out of this slim volume and can't wait to see what McNally has in store for the future."