Take it from an old cadaver. Let go of the past.
~ David S.e. Zapanta
Some necrophobes earn their own fates.
Immortality was overrated, as far as he was concerned. Hardy had enough problems as it was; living forever sounded like a death sentence for someone with his practical sensibilities.
He pinched the remaining chapters’ pages delicately between his fingers and sighed. He always hated reaching the end of a good book.
As any avid reader knew, a good read deserved a good seat.
To think that she had read the same elegiac prose he now beheld with such quiet awe made his heart sing.
Can’t call ‘em zombies anymore,” sighed Manny. He seemed almost wistful. “Now we gotta be all politically correct. It’s like the Cold Wars never happened.
Even in death she was more beautiful to him than she ever was alive.
The sooner the rebirth, the prettier the corpse.