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“Money of the Dead” by Karen Heuler

Posted on January 31, 2022

Four long-time residents of an apartment building receive bundles of hell joss paper labeled “Money of the Dead”; two cash them in for dead people who were important in their lives, one sells his share online, one refuses to use it, and all regret their decisions.

Though a bit more “Monkey’s Paw” than a typical Shirley Jackson tale, this is a delightfully dark little story – there is apparently no good way to dispose of these mysterious bundles of “hell money,” and no one comes to a happy end.

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