Mar. 25th, 2009
"School Warns Parents Dead Daughter Can't Go to Prom"
The parents of a British teen, who died suddenly two months ago, received a disturbing letter from the girl's high school saying she needs to improve her attendance or can't go to the prom, the Manchester Evening News reported.
More here:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,510471,00.html
Now, I could hardly help feeling sad for the poor girl's mother, getting this painful reminder of the loss of her daughter... But proof of how strange my mind is, on first reading that headline, I got the mental image of a zombie/revenant in a prom dress, shambling into the high school gym on prom night. I'll have to find a way to work that into my next Beanie Shay short story (No, I haven't completely set aside the sharp-tongued grocery store bagger with a head full of preternatural knowledge and her half-werewolf boyfriend/best buddy)
The parents of a British teen, who died suddenly two months ago, received a disturbing letter from the girl's high school saying she needs to improve her attendance or can't go to the prom, the Manchester Evening News reported.
More here:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,510471,00.html
Now, I could hardly help feeling sad for the poor girl's mother, getting this painful reminder of the loss of her daughter... But proof of how strange my mind is, on first reading that headline, I got the mental image of a zombie/revenant in a prom dress, shambling into the high school gym on prom night. I'll have to find a way to work that into my next Beanie Shay short story (No, I haven't completely set aside the sharp-tongued grocery store bagger with a head full of preternatural knowledge and her half-werewolf boyfriend/best buddy)