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The last will and testament of Joshua Patrick Cullen gives his pet cats Aurora and Titch to his mother, his 3D printer to her boss Conrad, and what little else he owns to charity. Listing his wishes for his funeral, he asks that the service not be religious, says he does not want mourners wearing dark clothes, and stipulates he would like “as many people as possible” to attend.
This last bit is important, because since his diagnosis with a brain tumour, something curious has happened: one by one, friends have melted away. Whether out of awkwardness, fear or just an instinctive desire to steer clear of death, it seems they just don’t want to be around him.
