<p><strong>Waking Up Dead and Confused Is a Terrible Thing: Stories of Love, Life, Death, and Redemption</strong></p><p>by Peter Falkenberg Brown</p><p>A volume of stories for adults with a special section of tales that can be read to children,</p><p><strong><em>Waking Up Dead and Confused</em></strong> brings the reader on a journey of inquiry, of imagination, of nobility, and redemption.</p><p><strong>Peter Falkenberg Brown introduces us to these worlds and more:</strong></p><p>~ a newly-dead bootlegger from the Maine woods</p><p>~ a grumpy old Count who wants to kill his Queen to save the kingdom</p><p>~ a spy who defies Kim Jong Un</p><p>~ a man whose heart is awakened by a squirrel and the Venus Transit</p><p>~ a monk searching for meaning in the grime of Las Vegas and Reno</p><p>~ an orchid crushed by the trauma of war</p><p>~ a husband and wife attacked by a horde of "devil bugs"</p><p><strong>Brown melds mysticism, heart, and common sense into a vibrant and thought-provoking series of questions, such as:</strong></p><p>~ What is the meaning of life?</p><p>~ Do humans have a connection to a divine source?</p><p>~ Why is the face of the man in the moon sad? How was it formed?</p><p>These are stories that will amuse, inspire, and activate "the little grey cells" of one's brain, as Hercule Poirot might say.</p><p>Peter Falkenberg Brown lives in Maine with his dear wife and two lovely felines. They have four children who are even lovelier. But don't tell the cats.</p>