Found 34 works tagged 'death'.
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Red-Eye
Published Apr 5, 2020 · 1,527 words (6 minutes) · 1 like · 310 views
Horror death journey Flying wings
“Red-Eye” is about journeys, both literal and emotional. The main character is whatever you want them to be, perhaps affected by your beliefs or philosophies. Who they are and what they do is essential to the journeys we take in our lives and the paths we choose to discover. Yet wherever we go and whatever choices we make, our final destination is inevitable.
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You Can Take It With You
Updated Feb 22, 2020 · 27,296 words (100 minutes)
Science Fiction dystopia serial novella Afterlife death dystopian neural uploads coping
It's been said of wealth that you can't take it with you when you die--but now, you can. As long as you've got the money, you can pay to have a digital duplicate of your consciousness cavort in a simulated afterlife on a private server forever. Unless you're Lehann Margrove, who got separated from his husband and duped into a "Paradise" he never wanted.
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Becca and the River
Published Feb 11, 2020 · 990 words (4 minutes) · 1152 views
Fantasy Horror magic death depression
A love story.
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Bury Your Love Head Down (Poem)
Published Jan 10, 2020 · 173 words (1 minute) · 434 views
Fantasy Romance death Burial crows Cauldron of Rebirth reincarnation
A poem about death and myth and transformations.
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Announcing a complete novella in 7 parts: "You Can Take It With You"
Published Jan 4, 2020 · 252 words (1 minute) · 331 views
Science Fiction dystopia serial novella Afterlife death dystopian neural uploads coping
Announcing "You Can Take It With You," a science fiction novella about privatized digital afterlives. One new chapter will post each week.
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The Land of Stone and Stars
Published Dec 9, 2019 · 4,287 words (16 minutes)
Fantasy Science Fiction coping Quest fairy tale quests Family fable death alien planets
Crushed by the loss of his only daughter and last surviving family member, Jackrabbit knows what he must do: venture to the permanently dark side of his homeworld, "the land of stone and stars," so he can find his daughter's spirit among the dead and bring her back before she ascends with the others into the sky. But the journey across the extremes of the planet's habitable zones is hard and bewildering, and for Jackrabbit to succeed, he must lose even more.
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Picture Day
Published Oct 13, 2019 · 2,517 words (10 minutes)
Literary Fiction Family siblings death coping twins
Clumsy, messy Nick and his twin Annie owe their mother one last act: a professional, studio portrait of themselves in clean clothes that fit, so they have a record of looking nice "for once". But can doing something that comes unnaturally ever be an authentic act of love?
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Where Gods Dance
Published Oct 11, 2019 · 1,244 words (5 minutes) · 1 like · 498 views
Fantasy Horror Sorrow Monsters father and son Grief magic fatherhood Family loss parenting tragedy memory obsession death
Originally published in the March 2019 issue of Apex Magazine (issue 118), it's a flash piece about a father's obsessive and insatiable grief over the loss of his son, and where his grief takes him as he's unable to move beyond it.
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The Gifted Sommelier
Published Sep 17, 2019 · 873 words (4 minutes) · 8 likes · 655 views
An undead sommelier’s job never ends, finding and serving the vintages that help the dead pass on to the other side. But one mystery eludes him: the identity of the proprietor of the hotel of the dead. Can he help her find peace after centuries in purgatory?
Author Grayson Bray Morris lives in the Netherlands, and her work has appeared in Abyss & Apex, Galaxy’s Edge, Daily Science Fiction, and more.
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