Contents (view Concise Listing)

• i • A Word from the Editor (Fear the Reaper) • essay by Joe Mynhardt
• iii • (Don't) Fear the Reaper: A Brief Introduction • essay by Gary McMahon
• ix • Hecate • poem by Adam Lowe
• 1 • The Life of Death • short fiction by Mark Sheldon
• 25 • Stumps • short story by Jeff Strand
• 33 • Death Squared • short fiction by Rena Mason
• 55 • Rapid Eye Movement • short story by Stephen Bacon
• 71 • The Final Room • short fiction by John Kenny
• 91 • The Culling • short fiction by Richard Thomas
• 97 • Crow • short fiction by Steve Lockley
• 109 • Instructions on the Use of The M-57 Clacker • short fiction by Lawrence Santoro
• 135 • The Death Catcher • short fiction by Robert S. Wilson
• 153 • Cedo Looked Like People • short fiction by E. C. McMullen, Jr.
• 167 • Spectres • short fiction by Taylor Grant
• 195 • The Tubes • short fiction by Jeremy C. Shipp
• 201 • A Life in Five Objects • short fiction by Ross Warren
• 223 • Death Comes for Us All • short fiction by Eric S. Brown
• 229 • The Last Resort • short fiction by Sam Stone
• 247 • At the 'Pay Here, Please' Table • short story by Gary A. Braunbeck
• 251 • Der Engel der Liebe • short fiction by Dean M. Drinkel
• 279 • The Frequency of Death • short fiction by Marty Young
• 301 • The Final Peace • short fiction by Gary Fry
• 319 • Do No Harm • short fiction by Joe McKinney
• 339 • Non-Returnable • (2002) • novelette by Rick Hautala