Creative writing comes in all shapes and sizes. One of the writing challenges undertaken by the Siskiyou Writers Club at its April 25 meeting was to write “your own (or someone’s) epitaph.” The inspiration for the challenge was a recent Carl Hiaasen novel, called Wrecker. At the beginning of his novel, Hiaasen recites two epitaphs: “THE RUMOR IS TRUE” and “I TOLD YOU I WAS SICK.” Carl Hiaasen’s novels are a bit bizarre; not for everyone.
There are many famous epitaphs. One is in Tombstone, Arizona:
“HERE LIES LESTER MOORE … FOUR SLUGS FROM A 44 … NO LES … NO MORE.”
Another famous one is attributed to W.C. Fields, although reportedly it is not actually on his grave:
