The Whirlpool

A short story. The human condition leaves many swirling at the fringes of a maelstrom that threatens to suck them downward until they are left prostrate at its epicenter. Often, it is one traumatic and overwhelming event that plunges people into the vortex. Can Willi Peyer survive the death of his infant son and free himself from the whirlpool’s powerful grasp before it utterly destroys him?