Fiction

The Unbelievable Tales of the Afterlife

Nothing in Silver City is as you’d expect it to be

Everything in Silver City was huge. (ImaArtist)

When I arrived at Silver City, I was handed over to Michael who guarded the pearly gate. The Angel of Death who carried me there had a few moments with Michael and told me he’d be on his way and that everything will be okay. I was expecting to see a serious-looking old angel at the gate who would play the tapes of my life and if I were deemed unworthy to enter, would send me to hell, but Michael looked just like a man, quite young and very cheery. He was busy flipping through some pages of a huge book titled “The Book of Life.” As I looked around me, I was mesmerized by the giant pearly gate that was in front of me. It’s nothing like I’ve ever seen.

Michael took a good look at me as if looking into my soul and led me inside what looked like a giant castle. He told me to go around the back to where the old folks were gathered and to look for the lady with the most gray hair and she would teach me.

“Uhm, excuse me, sir. Where’s the video where you show my life, my sins, and my shame and then cast me into the flames of hell?”

“Cast you into the flames of hell?” he asked and burst out laughing. He told me to go on, pointing to the group of people over there trying hard to catch his…