She was getting ready for bed, sitting at her dressing table in the half light. Softly, she hummed a tune to herself as she brushed her long hair, her slender fingers carefully gathering the strands of golden tresses containing just a hint of subtle red. Distractedly, she fiddled with her earring, trying to loosen it so she could place it on the table surface. She glanced up at the mirror.

It was then she saw the face. Impossibly high above her shoulder, looking down on her at an odd angle, a face that was almost not human, unformed, transparent, malevolent. The expression on the...

ALL THAT IS FOREVER LOST is a story of a man and woman’s journey through difficult times,  the deaths of young friends, loss of home, prestige, liberty, each person telling the story from their own perspective, the man giving an inner personal expression of his soul, a kind of poetic autobiography, the woman lending a more factual narrative, thereby giving the reader a window of knowledge into the more obscure observations of the man, her husband, as they travel through the dark days that eventually separates them forever, despite the deep love they both feel.