The Big White Coffin — Brendan Gerad O'Brien

From the collection Dreamin’ Dreams; A humourous short story in 2,400 words.For years we blamed Pat Hurley - he was the one who told us about the cannibals.I was seven, going on eight and Pat was already eight, so he was the oldest and we believed him.The next day two men came to our house and the tall one bent down and gave a grin that showed a mouthful of enormous teeth ...