Review: Spirituality Under the Microscope
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 22, 2012
As other reviewers have stated, it's hard to classify Joseph Wurtenbaugh's THE OLD SOUL: is it science fiction? Spiritual fiction?  Speculative fiction?  New age philosophy?  The truth is that it's all of these things bounded by a clear, concise narrative.  The story begins with a death and the subsequent journey that the recently departed takes.  It's a blindingly quick read (only about 18 pages), but it never ever feels insubstantial; what descriptions and characterization THE OLD SOUL contains is often wrapped up in a matter of sentences.  It's a strong story that will leave readers reflecting on their own lives.The closest comparison that I can draw to THE OLD SOUL is the movieENTER THE VOID.  Both narratives feel like a storyteller trying to make sense of what comes after death.  Where ENTER THE VOID advocated a reincarnation that carried itself through the influence of the lives of the people the departed have a affected, THE OLD SOUL looks as reincarnation through a microscope.  By using modern ideas in science to speculate a way that reincarnation exists, it's impossible for this short story to not jump-start your curiosity.All of that and more for $0.99?!