“The Missing Mourners of Dijon” by Fernand Auberjonois

You may recall my background piece on The Mourner, entitled “Meet the Mourners,” from a few weeks back. Well, reader Christopher Tassava was kind enough to dig up the original Horizon article described in that piece–the one that inspired the novel! It’s embedded below.

To celebrate, above is a vastly upgraded image of the […]

Meet the mourners

(I am indebted to Book Glutton, who is responsible for much of the research in this post.)

[Parker] motioned them in. Bett came in first, and her father followed, clutching the book protectively to his chest. It was a large, slender book with a red binding and a picture on […]