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Short Story / Other

October 02, 2017

Reads: 114

Comments: 1

Shelves: 11

The Troll Cave House

Attending a funeral. Read More

Tags: anger, funeral

Short Story / Non-Fiction

August 25, 2017

Reads: 36

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

A short true story of loss, friendship and perspective Read More

Tags: death, funeral, wake

What if you could speak to a deceased relative one last time.... Read More

Tags: death, family, funeral, grandfather

Ryan and Sarah conspire to destroy Ashton to free themselves, Jacob gets a job at a pizza place, Kimberly and Luke spar over where they should move, and Ethan becomes weak after enduring his father's funeral Read More

Tags: family, comedy, funeral, pizza, donahues

Short Story / Young Adult

April 16, 2017

Reads: 115

Shelves: 1

The Dark Side House

Things end for Cally at her bestfriend/dead lover's funeral. Horifiying thoughts get the best of her, as they did Naomi. Why are people so cruel? Read More

Tags: love, death, funeral, unhappiness, happyending

Short Story / Humor

March 28, 2017

Reads: 70

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

this story was originally published in fantastic creatures, a fellowship of fantasy. enough time has passed since since the book was published that i have permission to reprint it. Read More

Tags: humor, comedy, funeral, king, goblins

Poem / Poetry

March 07, 2017

Reads: 253

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Death can never take this ... Read More

Tags: death, lost, sad, memories, funeral

Short Story / Horror

March 04, 2017

Reads: 121

Shelves: 2

The Booksie Classic House

This short story is written as a substitute for the hurt one may cause themself. It's not really a warning against suicide, it's simply a story depicting the sad silence of death. Read More

Tags: death, sad, funeral, silence, short-story

Short Story / Fantasy

February 21, 2017

Reads: 48

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Queen Mariah is dead, and Phillipe is feeling the burden to replace her. But he knows he must. Read More

Tags: funeral, new-king

A non denominational funeral reading. A term penned by Schopenhauer in "Studies in Pessimism" I found his description of afterlife or "Palingenesis" oddly eternity affirming for a self described Aetheist. This poem was inspired by the reading that part of the book. Read More

Tags: death, spirit, reincarnation, funeral, afterlife

Marcus, a 21 year old Italian man has the abilities to see people right after they die, either as an encounter in person, or as a spiritual dream, how ever his abilities start to escalate when Marcus has a dream of a family friend who seems distressed. Little does Marcus… Read More

Tags: death, ghost, haunting, funeral, viewings

Script / Fantasy

October 17, 2016

Reads: 167

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Monologue script, non- fiction. I wrote this when i was in year 11 at high school as a final drama performance. Read More

Tags: death, funeral, mentalhealth

In middle of the Bronar Continent, around the equator of Planet Kajini, the Kaji dragons are suffering a disease epidemic caused by the xaqa virus. Their drinking water is contaminated. A teenage Kaji falls sick to the xaqa virus and is rushed to hospital. But will he survive? Or will… Read More

Tags: death, disease, funeral, dragons, medical-fantasy

Short Story / Literary Fiction

October 02, 2016

Reads: 158

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

How death can affect you young man. Read More

Tags: girl, funeral, coffin, young-man

Poem / Horror

September 30, 2016

Reads: 104

Comments: 1

Shelves: 2

The Booksie Classic House

Tags: horror, poem, funeral

Poem / Poetry

July 03, 2016

Reads: 136

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Tags: kids, funeral, london, 1958

This story is a reflection on meeting the grieving needs of children when they lose a parent. Read More

Tags: children, funeral, grieving

Poem / Other

February 23, 2016

Reads: 94

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Just a splurge of words.. Read More

Tags: death, sadness, suicide, struggle, funeral

Script / Humor

October 03, 2015

Reads: 145

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Mayor Sarandon’s funeral is held and Dick Sarandon tries to abdicate rule over the Gloria Sarandon foundation to Valerie, Ryan gets to be the musical guest scheduler on SUNY TV, but becomes involved in controversy when All-Nighter gets a promiscuous new host and Brennan and Miranda become involved without Michael’s… Read More

Tags: love, family, comedy, funeral, late_night, donahues

Short Story / Literary Fiction

September 29, 2015

Reads: 135

Comments: 6

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

What would be the last thing you would say to your brother before they die? Connor remembers his last words to Finn. Read More

Tags: fiction, grief, funeral

Poem / Poetry

September 19, 2015

Reads: 146

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

The Funeral Celebrants Association of Australia challenged me to write a poem about the work of funeral celebrants. Here it is. Read More

Tags: death, funeral, funeral_celebrant, funeral_poem

Poem / Poetry

August 25, 2015

Reads: 101

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Sometimes we are not aware of reality in death... Read More

Tags: train, pain, grave, funeral, closet, red_rose, black_dress, favorite_song, mountain_road

Book / Young Adult

June 17, 2015

Reads: 1339

Comments: 5

Shelves: 2

The Booksie Classic House

What if the only daughter of an Italian Mob boss, who is promised to be married to another Mob heir, falls in love with her new bodyguard? What if an American boy who has just lost his father and is left with nothing, has to move back to his parents… Read More

Tags: love, loss, death, friendship, god, romance, adult, passion, desire, italy, sea, danger, forbidden, young, funeral

My grandmother died in 2010, so I wrote this poem for her funeral. Read More

Tags: death, family, poem, funeral, grandma, nan, nanny

Short Story / Non-Fiction

May 05, 2015

Reads: 281

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

I used to fear death. I wanted to share a short story about the many unique experiences I had on my grandfather's farm when I was only 6 years old. The many things my grandfather taught me about life and ultimately about death. Read More

Tags: love, death, dying, god, thoughts, life, happy, memories, grief, body, memory, soul, grave, stories, listen

Poem / Poetry

March 03, 2015

Reads: 105

Comments: 3

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Dedicated to my Pappaw. He was a witty, fun old man who I will never forget. Passed on Father's Day, 2014. Read More

Tags: death, family, poetry, poem, funeral, grandfather, moving_on, dedication, sad_poem, short_poem

Short Story / Fantasy

February 08, 2015

Reads: 158

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Message to family members of a death. Read More

Tags: death, family, funeral, disillusion, solicitor, audio-version

Poem / Poetry

February 01, 2015

Reads: 198

Comments: 4

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

This is a poem inspired by a book I once read. Enjoy! Read More

Tags: love, loss, death, despair, lonely, darkness, grief, girlfriend, heaven, funeral, beautiful, cruel, partner, casket

A man revisits a familiar location after the funeral of a friend. Read More

Tags: memories, funeral, alcohol

Script / Humor

December 20, 2014

Reads: 119

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Ryan fails his math final and must take a Winter-Mester class, and is then inspired to start recording for a new Depraved Hallway Fern Album, but La Dispute causes problems for them, meanwhile, Madeline and her friends attend Kyle's funeral Read More

Tags: family, winter, comedy, funeral, record, donahues

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