Project Gutenberg 2009-04-30 Public domain in the USA. 250 Hernhuter, Albert 1934 Hernhunter, Albert Ahearne, Bert Texas Week Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Texas Week" by Albert Hernhuter is a short story written in the early 1950s, appearing in the science fiction magazine "Fantastic Universe". The narrative explores themes of reality versus delusion through the lens of psychiatry and the human psyche, as we encounter characters grappling with strange beliefs and perceptions shaped by the influence of media. In the story, psychiatrist Maxwell Hanstark is called to investigate the peculiar behavior of Christopher Nest, who is convinced he is guarding a pass on a cliff after watching a series of cowboy films during "Texas Week." As Hanstark tries to reason with him about the non-existence of the cliff, the tension escalates until he makes a dangerous move that leads to his unexpected demise. Nest, seemingly unfazed, reflects on the psychiatrist's bravado with a mix of respect and detachment, further illustrating the surreal and warped nature of perception—ultimately leading to a darkly ironic twist that underscores the fragility of reality and sanity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 95.5 (5th grade). Very easy to read. en Fantasy literature Short stories PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction Category: Short Stories Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Psychiatry/Psychology 34389 2025-06-12T03:43:49.273790 text/html 30306 2021-01-05T00:42:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 85328 2021-01-05T00:42:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 152806 2025-06-12T03:43:53.342778 application/epub+zip 151166 2025-06-12T03:43:51.043777 application/epub+zip 77328 2025-06-12T03:43:49.891782 application/epub+zip 229675 2025-06-12T03:43:55.032794 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 222322 2025-06-12T03:43:52.635766 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 122357 2022-09-13T10:23:51.470340 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 28270 2025-06-12T03:43:49.023798 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 28143 2021-01-05T00:42:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 10760 2021-01-05T00:42:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18583 2025-06-12T03:43:55.172760 application/rdf+xml 11886 2025-06-12T03:43:50.444778 image/jpeg 3241 2025-06-12T03:43:50.165772 image/jpeg 150183 2025-06-12T03:43:49.283798 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog