Fiction: The Stranger in the Bucket Hat by Mark Tulin/The Lark

Many thanks to The Lark for publishing The Stranger in the Bucket Hat. Doodle by Mark Tulin

“I was initially reluctant, but he felt familiar, almost as if he were a part of my life somehow. And besides, it was a funeral. You’re supposed to be kind to each other during this solemn occasion, and I assumed he shared my love for Paul.”

excerpt from “The Stranger in the Bucket Hat”