“The author will make every effort to attend the funerals of her words.” Progess on Shelley Jackson‘s publication of a 2,095 word short story is continuing (this topic made the weblog rounds late last year). The Seattle Times published an article about the work on Sunday. Each word of the story is to be tatooed on a willing volunteer’s skin, in an appropriate book font. The story is never to be published elsewhere and only the participants will be told the complete tale. About 400 words remain to be assigned, but Jackson has more than 3,500 candidates to choose from.