
PodCastle 905: The Next Dead Wife
Show Notes
Rated PG-13
The Next Dead Wife
by Jeanna Mason Stay
Every time a new wife crosses my husband’s threshold, I tell myself this time will be different. This time I’ll go free.
As her body falls to the floor, I’ll seize my opportunity. As her soul rises from her body, I will snatch what should be mine — no cliched tunnel of light, just a doorway into the afterlife. But it will be my turn this time, my door. I’ll take it before she can.
Not that I’ve been able to yet. When the moment comes, I am frozen in place. I can only watch as she enters the door and disappears. And I hate her for it. (Continue Reading…)