Contents

1. Cover Page
2. Title Page
3. Copyright Page
4. Dedication
5. Contents
6. The Weight
7. Holy Cross Cemetery
8. My Grandma’s Resurrection
9. Holy Cross Cemetery, Part Two
10. The Cycle of Experience
11. Robert
12. The Dead Man’s Things
13. Orientation
14. Mike Hazelwood and the Floor of the Dead
15. The California Section
16. A Tour
17. The Birnies
18. Brushes with Death
19. Demographics
20. Heidi’s Book
21. Notable Persons
22. The Mourners
23. The Dancing Corpse of Jill Yip
24. A Hole in the World
25. Disintegration
26. Erin’s Trip
27. Regulations
28. The University of Disintegration
29. Chris, a Recipe
30. My Coffin
31. The Caretaker’s Wife
32. Cooper’s Story
33. A Hole in the Ground
34. Odors
35. Aino’s Song
36. How to Dispose of Me
37. The Mourner
38. Eun Kang and the Ocean
39. Death Dream #1
40. Data
41. My Grandfather’s Hemorrhage
42. Immortality
43. An Encounter
44. The Ballad of Sandra Golvin
45. A Death Book
46. The Hearses
47. A Note on Sources
48. Acknowledgments
49. About the Author

The Weight

Holy Cross Cemetery

My Grandma’s Resurrection

Holy Cross Cemetery, Part Two

The Cycle of Experience

Robert

The Dead Man’s Things

Orientation

Mike Hazelwood and the Floor of the Dead

The California Section

A Tour

The Birnies

Brushes with Death

Demographics

Heidi’s Book

Notable Persons

The Mourners

The Dancing Corpse of Jill Yip

A Hole in the World

Disintegration

Erin’s Trip

Regulations

The University of Disintegration

Chris, a Recipe

My Coffin

The Caretaker’s Wife

Cooper’s Story

A Hole in the Ground

Odors

Aino’s Song

How to Dispose of Me

The Mourner

Eun Kang and the Ocean

Death Dream #1

Data

My Grandfather’s Hemorrhage

Immortality

An Encounter

The Ballad of Sandra Golvin

A Death Book

The Hearses

A Note on Sources

Acknowledgments

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1. Cover Page
2. Begin Reading
3. Copyright Page
4. Dedication
5. Contents
6. Acknowledgments