Review: A mystery housed in humor
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 16, 2011
This short story is filled with humor mocking the undertaker profession and especially the euphemisms that they use to hide the fact that they are dealing with death, such as "housing" the deceased's ashes, rather than placing it in an urn. However, this humor is clothing a murder mystery. A man is in a coffin and discusses why he is there with the funeral director. He remembers some of his past, such as the death of his wife, but not much more. He is even unable to recall the details of her death. This occurs several times. Each time he returns to the coffin he is more beaten up. The story reveals who this man is, why he is in the coffin, who is the funeral director, what each of them is up to, and what really happened to the man's wife.