The Greatest Gift - Danny Leigh

A few years ago, I came up with an idea for a short story that involved a character jumping off a high roof. The idea was that he would deliver his last words on the way down. As with many of my ideas, it remained nothing more than a theory and the story was never written. However, the idea remained with me and so when I saw Danny Leigh’s “The Greatest Gift” worked on much the same principle, I was immediately intrigued. It’s around midday and Matthew Viss is standing on the roof of his apartment building, nine floors above ground. As he jumps and as he falls, he tells the story of how he ended up in that situation and how he came to believe that ending it ...  Read the complete review