I was going to call this story “Easter in the Valley of Death,” because I liked the irony of heading to the foothills of the Funeral Mountains on the holiday that celebrates rebirth. Then I typed it out, and it looked too much like the title of a sermon. Well, I’m no preacher. I’m just an announcer:
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