Heuer? What kind of a name is that?

"Heuer? What kind of a name is that?"
Aside from a word rhyming with "lawyer," Heuer is a man. German born, a U.S. citizen, he is layered, complicated, bitter and possessed of a really weird sense of humor. Dying alone and seemingly unlamented, he wakes as a preternatural residue, forced to live with his decomposing body over a one week period until he is finally found by a neighbor he despises. "If there's a hell, it's right here, and I'm standing in the middle of it." Following his body to the funeral home, he is relieved to find Enid Krause, funeral director and former lover. Charged with the task of preparing his body for burial, she is less than gracious, declaring his dramatic return after a twenty year absence, unwelcomed and unappreciated. Crestfallen, Heuer doesn't know what's worse: dropping dead and not being found, or being found and being insulted.
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Published on March 30, 2015 08:19 Tags: adult, contemporary, dark-humor, fiction, gonzo, mortuary, paranormal
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