[Machine of Death 01] • Machine of Death · A Collection of Stories About People Who Know How They Will Die

"The machine had been invented a few years ago: a machine that could tell, from just a sample of your blood, how you were going to die. It didn't give you the date and it didn't give you specifics. It just spat out a sliver of paper upon which were printed, in careful block letters, the words DROWNED or CANCER or OLD AGE or CHOKED ON A HANDFUL OF POPCORN. It let people know how they were going to die."

Machine of Death tells thirty-four different stories about people who know how they will die. Prepare to have your tears jerked, your spine tingled, your funny bone tickled, your mind blown, your pulse quickened, or your heart warmed. Or better yet, simply prepare to be surprised. Because even when people do have perfect knowledge of the future, there's no telling exactly how things will turn out.

Featuring stories by:

Randall Munroe

Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw

Tom Francis

Camille Alexa

Erin McKean

James L. Sutter

Douglas J. Lane

and many others.

Featuring illustrations by:

Kate Beaton

Kazu Kibuishi

Aaron Diaz

Jeffrey Brown

Scott C.

Roger Langridge

Karl Kerschl

Cameron Stewart

and many others