A Short Stay in Hell

Name: A Short Stay in Hell
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Rating: 4.3 (13759 reviews)
Author: Steven L. Peck

by Steven L. Peck

Literary Fiction Science Fiction

4.3 (13,759)

4.3 stars from 13,759 reviews. One of the highest rated Literary Fiction books we track.

104 pages~1.7 hr readPublished by Strange Violin EditionsPublished 2009-01-01

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Perfect for you if...

You appreciate philosophical fiction that challenges religious assumptions without preaching.
You love tight, conceptual stories that burrow into your head long after you finish.
You're drawn to existential premises explored through strange, concrete worlds rather than abstract debate.

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You want character-driven emotional arcs or traditional plot momentum.
You're looking for comfort in your afterlife beliefs rather than intellectual disruption.
You prefer longer narratives that fully develop their worlds and relationships.

About this book

Soren Johansson, an ordinary family man, geologist, and Mormon, has always expected to be reunited with his loved ones in an eternal afterlife. When he dies, he wakes in a Hell created by an unfamiliar God—a vast library from which he can only escape by locating the book containing his own life story. This existential novella explores a vision of eternity where the beliefs people held in life prove to be entirely wrong. Through Soren's journey through the afterlife, the narrative examines what happens when fundamental assumptions about the hereafter are overturned.

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