by xxPAPERBACKWRITERxx
This first-person narrative takes the reader seamlessly into the past. It was not unusual for adults and children to attend a public execution, and it was not taboo to incorporate a religious service. Congratulations on depicting the customs of the period.
This one took me back in time...sitting at my grandpa's feet, listening to the old stories. There's an entire lifetime to be lived in the imagination and in every descriptive phrase. You knocked this one out of the park!
To ' An occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge' by Ambrose Bierce ?
I read that short story years ago and it has stuck with me for years. It has the most stark twist ending as anything I've ever seen.