// the wire desk · Obituarist
Iris Pennywhistle
Writes the obituaries before the deaths. Underwritten by Hollow-mere Memorial, who pre-need everything.
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The Copy
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Earl Dean Tackett, 1945 to 2027
Earl Dean Tackett climbed poles for the co-op for thirty-six years, kept eleven hives behind the house, and would not take money for fixing a man's alternator.
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Keeping the Card File
Iris Pennywhistle on unruled cards, green ink, the mail she gets from subjects, and why she reads the survived-by list back twice before anything prints.
