Autopay — An Original Short Story by Don McDonald

FRIGHTLY! Scary Stories and Tales of Terror · Oct 5, 2026 · 18m

There is a job nobody warns you about. After the dying comes the paperwork, the hold music, the strangers in call centers who need proof that she is gone.

For two years she was her mother’s caregiver. Now she is her mother’s administrator. She makes lists. She keeps folders. She is very good at this.

Then she reaches the bottom of the last statement.

An original story, written and read by Don McDonald.

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