TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sabin,Edwin L.
TI  - The other half
T2  - Produced from the February 1926 issue of Weird Tales magazine
AV  - PS 
PY  - 2024///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - Short stories
KW  - West (U.S.) -- Fiction
KW  - Older men -- Fiction
KW  - Air pilots -- Fiction
KW  - Mesas -- Fiction
N1  - Release date is 2024-05-06; Roger Frank and Sue Clark; Originally published; Indianapolis, IN: Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 1926
N2  - "The Other Half" by Edwin L. Sabin is a short story that explores themes of loss, longing, and the consequences of past actions. Written in the early 20th century, the tale unfolds during a plane trip across the rugged landscapes of the American West, invoking a sense of nostalgia and adventure. The narrative centers around the mysterious character John Brown, a man consumed by his search for a long-lost woman and the other half of a silver coin that holds deep personal significance.  The storyline follows the narrator, an aviator, who accepts John Brown as a passenger on his return journey from Omaha to San Francisco. As the journey progresses, an engine failure forces them to land in a desolate area where they discover a skeleton and the missing half of Brown's cherished coin. Through a poignant conversation, the aviator reveals the tragic backstory of Brown's lost love and her fate, intertwining the past and present. This encounter leads John Brown to confront his decades-long turmoil wrought by the abandonment of his wife, ultimately giving him a sense of closure as both the physical and emotional halves of his story come together at last. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
UR  - https://archive.org/details/WeirdTalesV07N02192602
UR  - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73550
ER  -