From: The Darker Mask: Heroes From the Shadows ed. Gary Phillips and Christopher Chambers
Wilson's contribution to this collection of dark superhero tales opens with a man walking along the Venice Beach boardwalk entranced by the best trumpet-playing he's ever heard. Following the music through a thick fog, he encounters a few people who don't seem to hear it. Finally he finds the trumpet player, an imposing figure who oddly seems to have no weight. Realizing the figure is God or an angel, the man has a hard time accepting what he's told, until the spirit of his dead wife appears.
The tone of continued skepticism here nicely balances the more "out-there" elements. Not your typical feel-good story.
