Our mourners' behavior during the funeral, however, depends on a variety of factors.
Robert and Clothilde have seen it all: small groups and entire congregations; loud, expressive mourners and private people holding back their tears until they get back home; friends in their finest suits and parents who dress like they're going on a four-day hike later.
Today's funeral brings something new: the young mourners watch the proceedings through the lens of their phones, despite being physically present at the funeral.
How does a ghost deal with her unfinished business when her entire life was lived online?
R.W. Wallace writes in most genres, though she tends to end up in mystery more often than not. Dead bodies keep popping up all over the place whenever she sits down in front of her keyboard.
The stories mostly take place in Norway or France; the country she was born in and the one that has been her home for two decades. Don’t ask her why she writes in English – she won’t have a sensible answer for you.
Her ongoing Ghost Detective short story series appears in Pulphouse Magazine, starting in issue #9. Her stories have also been published in Kristine Kathryn Rusch's Holiday Spectacular, in Dean Wesley Smith's Cave Creek series, and in M.L. Buchman's Thrill Ride magazine.