Short Story Press Presents White-Out Man

<p>Everyone it seems wonders at some point in their lives what will happen when they eventually stand before the “Pearly Gates”?</p><p>One man seems stuck somewhere between in a groundhog effect approaching and re-approaching the Gates in a repeatedly futile attempt to attain a bottle of white-out. In order to follow standard protocol the clerk must annotate on the requisition form what exactly the white-out is being used for.</p><p>Peter is his name and he has seen the White-Out Man many times over the past months and his patience is running thin. As he inquires of the reasoning behind the request White-Out Man becomes irate and difficult overheard by Peter’s Boss who intervenes on the intercom.<br /><br />White-Out Man is haggard and doesn’t seem to realize that the same old mistakes can’t be covered up over and over again. The file-purging time approaches yet again and he has discovered that before he can purge his form needs to be clean hence the necessity of the white-out.</p><p>He also doesn’t recognize that he is in impeding danger of being hauled down the seemingly endless stairs to the “Sub-levels”. Poor White-Out Man he knows what lies down in the Sub-levels; but is unsure if there is any way to avoid them other than to white-out his mistakes time and again.<br /><br />This rare metaphorical work White-Out Man broaches age-old questions of humanity in a purely science fiction manner that most people today can relate to. In a world that is all but overcome by technology and requisite red tape where not even a simple pen can be accessed without filling out a form it seems all but impossible to maintain any semblance of composure.</p><p>The question is… will we be faced with these same or similar endless circles of frustration and bureaucracy even after our time on Earth is complete?</p><p>Short Story Press publishes short stories written by everyday writers.</p>