Funeral short stories
7 stories tagged funeral on NovelShort. Start with a hook; the first ending is free.
The Luna They Buried
They buried their Luna on Tuesday. On Thursday she walked into her own funeral and took a seat in the front row.
Secret BabyS-008Flour on His Hands
A woman returns for her mother's funeral and finds her ex raising red-haired twins in the family bakery, forcing both of them to disclose the children they kept secret.
HorrorH-019The Text from Mom
Eleven months after her mother's funeral, a woman receives warnings and photos from her dead mother's phone number — each image taken from inside her house while she sleeps.
HorrorH-020The Shared Calendar
A shared Google Calendar adds a funeral in the living room. The organizer is almost her email. The photos arrive before the hour does.
Fake MarriageF-021The Funeral Plus-One
At her father's funeral, a grieving daughter recruits her oldest rival as a fake spouse to gain access to a guarded family meeting.
HorrorH-034The Texts to a Dead Number
A Providence woman inherits her dead sister's messages and discovers grief may be bait in a hunt that began before the funeral.
HorrorH-051My Voicemail Changed After My Father's Funeral
A dead father's answering machine takes messages dated tomorrow. Listening would lock her into a fight with the wrong sibling.
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