“The sooner the rebirth, the prettier the corpse.”

“Even in death she was more beautiful to him than she ever was alive.”

“The sooner the rebirth, the prettier the corpse.”

“To think that she had read the same elegiac prose he now beheld with such quiet awe made his heart sing.”

“As any avid reader knew, a good read deserved a good seat.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Some necrophobes earn their own fates.”