Gilbert The Spider

About the Book

Do you believe that angels are sent to intervene in the lives of humans? What about a spider that has a fly as a best friend. Gilbert the spider is a story about humans and insects that lose sight of their purpose. The whole balance of nature is depended upon spiders being spiders and flies being flies. The humans are caught in a web of confusion, entangled in selfishness and self-centeredness. It takes a fly to befriend a spider and an angel to intervene in the lives of the humans to set things in order. Gilbert the spider along with Judas Robinson’s worlds will become paralleled in this story about redemption and faith. It will not be easy, but somehow Gadson the fly and Gabriel the angel must convince them that their lives are more important than the poison that they are putting into their bodies.

About the Author

C.L. Austin Clyde L. Austin Jr. Born and raised in South Bend, Indiana, Clyde is the fifth of nine children. When he was in the sixth grade, he wrote his first short story titled the land of the unborn dogs. His teacher was very impressed with the story however; she did not believe that he possessed the ability to create such an imaginative and creative story. After the experience of being discredited, Clyde laid down his pencil never to write another story. Over the years, he has told many stories while in high school and serving in the military to entertain his army buddies. After the military, he told stories to children when he was a day-camp counselor in the early eighties. In 1988, Clyde answered the call of God and entered the preaching ministry. Right away his ability to tell stories and his sermon writing revealed the talent that was tucked away. In 1993 after being in the preaching ministry for five years, Clyde entered college and earned a B.A. degree in Bible and Ministries from Bethel College, a liberal arts college in Mishawaka, Indiana. The author of the hip-hop Gospel “Choir Boy”, Clyde has discovered that the Gospel message of Jesus cannot and should not be limited to the pulpits on Sunday mornings packaged in three point sermons.