The End of the Whole Mess, by Stephen King, is by far one of the best short stories that I have ever read in my opinion. The story brings humor, sadness, and sorrow all in about 20 pages of text.
This is the story of Howard (aka Howie or Bowwow) Fornoy and his brother Robert (Bobby) Fornoy and how they caused the end of the whole mess (world). Howie was a freelance writer and did pretty well for himself. His brother, Bobby, was the messiah. Bobby had more intelligence than anyone could imagine, except for maybe Einstein, Leonardo da Vinci, or Issac Newton. Bobby was killed by the beginning of the story via howie by the direct injection of Bobby's own discovery which he called the called "the Calmative". Bobby had asked him to do this and then write the whole endeavor down. After bobby had been dead for about four hours, Howie decided he needed a deadline to write the story. Since, he knew that he was doomed already and lost the thing that was keeping him going, he decided to take the same fate as Bobby. Therefore, Howie struggles with life and death as he tries to tell the epic tale/tragedy of the fate of all life.
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