A House With Good Bones

by T. Kingfisher

The dead have to keep their feet on their floor. Let the living put their feet on the table if they feel like it.

I asked my phone if it was connected to the internet and it told me that it had a very close relationship with the internet. I attempted to pull up a web page and it informed me that it was not that kind of relationship.

“The dead are easier to appease than the living,” said Gail, “at least in most cases.”