Gods, demons, angels, etc. deal with bureaucracy and support groups in some short fantasy stories. “Magicians at Law” by Grace Seybold has arbitration and a kitty-cat: “Hm. I’m assuming, given the smell, this was a standard demonic service contract?” “…
Man donated his body to science; company sold $500 tickets to his dissection
The widow learned of the dissection from a news reporter.
Fate will unwind as it must
Synodus Horrenda is a podcast about death, dying, and the dead. [CW] [CW: this podcast unavoidably gets pretty heavy. Topics include illness, accidents, murder, assault, and su*cide, as well as racism and antisemitism in certain episodes.]
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One handful of rainbow sprinkles of unknown origin
The Grub Street Diet: Leon Neyfakh Always Waits Too Long to Eat. “Not to be dramatic, but this is something I genuinely hate about myself.”
best not miss
Michael K. Williams, star of ‘The Wire’ and ‘Boardwalk Empire’, dead at 54.
Clichés and platitudes
“A man can beat his wife with car antennas, can trade his children for drugs or motorcycles, but still, when he finally, mercifully dies, his survivors will have to hear from some know-nothing at the post-funeral dinner that he did his best.” David Sed…
I love my wife. My wife is dead. ~~Richard Feynman
A love letter. In June of 1945, his wife and high-school sweetheart, Arline, passed away after succumbing to tuberculosis. She was 25-years-old. 16 months later, in October of 1946, Richard wrote his late wife a heartbreaking love letter and sealed it …