We expend every effort to wilfully ignore the fact that each and every last one of us is dying at the rate of one day per day. Some of us faster.

The cultures of other
times and places do not share this ignorance. Medieval Europe had a long tradition of contemplating death, summarized by the Latin phrase memento mori. Translated literally, this means “remember to die.” The Turkish holy fool Nasreddin Hodja reportedly contemplated his own mortality by lying down in graveyards, imagining his future. The Black Death brought with it another cultural contemplation of mortality to late medieval Europe: the danse macabre or Totentanz.

Stories:

La Noche de Los Muertos

Devil Eye

Gifts of the Morrígan

Rites of Spring

SW Vampire ISO Drinking Companion

My Mother, The Superhero

La Santa Muerte

I found the book quite short (70 odd pages) and quite enchanting. I can’t wait to see if they write slightly longer ones.