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To the reader: I published this last year. Given Halloween is upon us again, it seemed appropriate to repeat it. Earlier this month (October 2009), the local newspaper, Daytona Beach News-Journal, announced a contest for readers to submit a scary story for Halloween. The submittal had to be 250 words or less. Winners would be announced just prior to Halloween. Although scary stories are...
It's art. It's a memorial. It's grandma's cremated remains! We’re all about living and normally wouldn’t cover the National Funeral Directors Convention, but we heard the industry is changing rapidly. We promise, this story isn't depressing.
Halloween is here so it seems appropriate to publish a very short Halloween story. Dead isn’t always dead He sat alone in the viewing room, admiring the handles on the coffin. She was laid out in her simple dress, her face, eyes closed, had a blank look on it. He thought she wouldn't be there if she only listened to him, if she hadn't disobeyed him. It served her right....