{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/68a38e07457a24bb950853fc/6aa59fad5b934194473a85bf?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Wrong Funeral — An Original Short Story by Don McDonald","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/68a38e07457a24bb950853fc/1789239084152-26be192e-592f-4415-a161-53b7404f9f57.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>An obituary arrives in the mail, folded in thirds, no note, no return address, and the creases are sharp enough to cut with.</p><p><br></p><p>Roy Kittleson has not seen the man named in it since a Friday in 1986, and he has his reasons, and none of them are good. He drives up anyway. Three hours, most of it flat.</p><p><br></p><p>He has rehearsed nothing. He is counting on grief to arrive on its own.</p><p><br></p><p>“The Wrong Funeral,” is an original story written and read by Don McDonald from <a href=\"ShortStoryverses.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">ShortStoryverses.com</a>.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Short Storyverses"}