Coping with Ash

Ashton Taylor was a hypochondriac-justifiably so-with multiple and sometimes self-diagnosed issues that turned him into a bit of a misfortune teller. Always knowing he would die young-ish and anticipating what would otherwise have been an unorganized and messy affair for others he had thoughtfully left behind a step-by-step post-mortem plan. Choreographing circumstances and conveyors Ash had arranged for his cremains to be distributed to the places he cherished in this world by the people who meant the most to him-especially his patient and tolerant partner of the past twenty years Rich Dreadfulwater.Rich who is known by his family as Limping Rabbit on account of a childhood tumble from a moving pickup truck is a Seattle-based Native American defense lawyer suddenly grappling with grief his caseload and the task of divvying up the four pounds of his ash-rendered boyfriend into nineteen pre-labeled black plastic 35mm film canisters.Struggling with everything hes lost he finds himself coping with a whole lot more than his partners ashes. In honoring the final wishes of the man he never imagined he could live without the mourning lawyer embarks on a quest to find his Inner Indian ... and the destiny that has always been his birthright to seize.