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She reached under the counter and pulled out a leather-bound book, flipping to a brittle page. The second notice read: ‘Marko Kovač, no longer a soldier, died again on a Tuesday afternoon in a rented room above the bus station. He is survived by the silence he left behind.’

“How many do you have under glass?” he asked. umrlice podgorica

Mira clinked her glass against his. “And to the ones who have—but keep walking the streets anyway.” She reached under the counter and pulled out

Mira smiled, and it was a sad, ancient smile. “That’s the rule, boy. The notice stays under glass until the death takes. I took the jar down the day he died. But the next morning, his daughter brought it back. She said, ‘My father is gone, but the notice is truer than he ever was. Leave it.’ So I did.” Mira clinked her glass against his

It was a small, dusty shop wedged between a shuttered kafana and a souvenir stand that hadn't sold anything in years. The window displayed nothing but a single, cracked bell jar. Inside the jar, resting on faded velvet, was a single umrlica —a death notice. But not just any notice. This one was for a man who had died three times.

Inside, the keeper, an old woman named Mira, poured hot rakija into two chipped glasses. Her guest was a young journalist from Belgrade, who had heard a rumor and come chasing ghosts.

Outside, the rain stopped. Somewhere across the river, a church bell rang—not for a funeral, but for the evening prayer. Luka closed his notebook.