“Mama wasn't dead...exactly. They all said she was, but when Elma was small, she seen Mama creep into her room at night, half-naked, head all bloodied red like when they found her by the well that day, and Elma reckoned dead just meant pretendin' you couldn't move or breathe until nightfall when you got up and walked around like you was free.” DeathFreedomPretendingDeath And DyingDeadDeath Of A Loved OneFreeGhostsMamaDead PeopleDead And GonePretending Death Author:Shannon Celebi
“I think first of the children. What the hell am I supposed to tell them? Then I think about money, the house, all those things no widow will tell you ever crossed her mind.” DeathGriefGrievingDeath And DyingHusband And WifeWidowsDeath And LoveWidowhoodWidow Book:Small Town Demons Source: Small Town Demons
“Instead, I opened my eyes to find the thing in front of my face, wafting dead horse breath across my chin and up my nose, its mouth like a gaping maw; its eyes, two giant wormholes, twisting and bending with some apparitional substance that could have been space and time if I’d known anything about physics.” EyeDeathPhysicsDeath And DyingEyesDeadWormholeApparitionSpace And CosmosApparitional Book:1:32 P.M. Source: 1:32 P.M.