Death is an integral part of life, waiting on the other side for each of us.
Writers, however, have no need to wait. They can cross the boundary as easily as stepping from one room to another.

These eighteen stories from 2023 will take you into that room and beyond. From death's chamber to the hood of a Camaro, from quiet woods to shrieking space. Death awaits. Let us go and meet it.

Includes stories by Isabel J. Kim, Tehnuka, Michael Roch, Eugenia Triantafyllou, Will McMahon, Bendi Barrett, Diana Dima, Eden Royce, B. Pladek, Avra Margariti, EC Dorgan, Gabrielle Emem Harry, Samir Sirk Morató, M. L. Krishnan, Jill Tew, Osahon Ize-Iyamu, Sydney Paige Guerrero, and J.A.W. McCarthy

Vajra Chandrasekera is from Colombo, Sri Lanka and is online at vajra.me. His debut novel The Saint of Bright Doors won the Locus, Nebula, and Crawford awards, and was a New York Times Notable Book of 2023. His second novel Rakesfall is out now.