Contents

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Mystery Surrounds Report of Girl Drowned in East River, Multiple Agencies Search for Body

Etymology of Poppy

“Lives of the Civil War Dead” Series

Mysterious East River Death Discovered to Be Poppy Fletcher, Rumored Offspring of Peregrine

Drought has revealed

Drought has revealed a body

Drought has revealed the body of a missing girl

Carmen Touré: 2045–2095

Etymology of Collapse

Aristotle Williams, Controversial Artist Who Built the AI Body, Dies at 61

Krü Wetley, Daring Young Sculptor from Indiana, Dies after Long Illness

Albert Rogers, Jr.: 1962–1988

Krü Wetley, Precocious and Talented Gay Sculptor, Dies of AIDS

Scarlett Schwartz, Burlesque Dancer, Artist’s Muse, and Alleged Lover of Joseph McCarthy, Dies at 83

Claudia Blondell, Local Environmental Lawyer and Passionate Hobbyist, Dies in Wildfire

Scanned Repository of Roadside Roman Epitaphs, Classics Program, University of Albany-SUNY

Memento Mori in the Ancient World

Etymology of Grief

‘They Didn’t Just Go with the Flow’: Downtown Coffee Shop to Honor Quirky Local Musician Finch Cardenas

My submission for the Voices of the 21st Century series

Dr. Jill Firestein, Albany’s “Mad Scientist,” Dies of Kidney Failure at 49

Ida Firestein: 2064–2072

Etymology of Fathom

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‘Consciousness Is as Common as Eyeballs’: Dr. Matthew “Matth” Fletcher, Computer Scientist Who Cultivated Sentient AI and Then Married It Dies in Fire

Etymology of With/Widow

Remembering Local Artist Lightness Maganga

Mortician, Musician, Internet Fame, and the Deep Sea: The Unlikely Life and Death of MaeJo Jonas

‘We Are Not Meant to Be Remembered’: Remembering Silent Film Star Dante Pellegrino

Three from New York City and Vicinity on Today’s Casualty List

Louise Flechette, Pioneering Female Film Director Whose Career Spanned the Entire 20th Century, Dead at 94

Etymology of Hide

‘It’s All True’: Peregrine the AI Gave Birth to Human Daughter, Has Been Hiding in New England for over a Decade

First Person: Their Lives and Deaths, in Their Words

Paparazzo Who Called Her Scandalous Photos “High Art” Dead at 41

‘Every Side Is the Losing Side’: New Exhibit of Sophia Righetti’s ‘Deeply Necessary’ Posthumous War Photography

‘We Are Lonely Drops of Water with Nowhere to Escape’: Performance Artist Juliet Rosenberg Has Died

~Suicide of Vera Schulz~: 22 Years Old, “Jammiest Bit of Jam,” Shot Herself in Temple

Etymology of Rumor/Fame

Margot Frank, Owner of Neighborhood Gem Karaoke Bare, Portland’s Only Karaoke Strip Club, Has Died

Writer Anne Frank, Writers’ Week Visitor and Holocaust Survivor, Dies at 81 (DRAFT)

Sargent: A Whole Career in a Single Night

Etymology of Legacy

Ari Epstein, Best-Selling Israeli Author and First Native Hebrew Speaker in 2,000 Years, Dead at 74

Greta ‘the Great’ Levy, Former Illusionist at Va-Va-Voom Girlie Club, Dies at 39

Fortuna’s identity discovered after death, along with the final page of her graffiti graphic novel

Etymology of Peach

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Sorrel Chan, Artist Responsible for Glowing, Life-Extending Vaccine Tattoos, Never Used Her Own Vaccine, Dies of Cancer

Marine Biologist Frankie McGovern, Who Thought New Yorkers Would Be Willing to Live Underwater, Dies in Prison

Etymology of Witness

Shana Payne: 1973–2085

Brown County’s Beloved Obit Writer, Mike Mattingly, Dies of Cancer

Red Care Resident Henry Konishi Held Hostage by Peregrine the AI, Killed in Tragic Accident

Opinion: Henry Konishi Was Murdered, and Red Care Must Be Shut Down

Controversial Steward, Tree of Heaven Spreader, and Disengagist Backer Myrtle Robbins Dead at 88

Etymology of Latent

Finch Cardenas: 2049–2102

‘The Truth about Miracolo’ Draft v1

In Loving Memory: Ruby Williams

Etymology of Guilt

Eric Brandt, Once the World’s Wealthiest Man, Dies at 134

Bye, Bye, Brandt

Cesar Ostrelich, Real Estate Investor and Passionate Advocate for the Privatization of Public Land as Ecological Necessity, Has Died

Light-Bringer Lyon Lumière Dies in Darkness

Brandt Widow Dead

Etymology of Chaos

Woman Mysteriously Imprisoned in Underground Cell Dies of Kidney Failure

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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT, TICKET #FK-90081 SUICIDE NOTE, POPPY FLETCHER

Performance Artist Gemini Jimenez Drowned in Lake Michigan

Performance Artist Gemini Jimenez Alive, Faked Own Death by Drowning ‘for Art’

Performance artist Gemini Jimenez, Known for Faking Own Death, Has Died in Prison

Unknown Boy Named “Caruso” Dies in Local Swimming Pool, Leaves Note in English

Local Girl, Pregnant, Escapes Husband, Leaves No Trace

Etymology of Escape

Rosa Dolores Cruz: 2040–2121

Etymology of Save

INTERCEPTED RADIO TRANSMISSION

Etymology of Lethargy

Letter from Officier de Santé Claude Pelerin to Dom Augustin Calmet

Notable New York Death—William Standefer

Appendix B of Digging in the Dirt: Our Burial Customs

Appendix C of Digging in the Dirt: Our Burial Customs

Appendix A of Mesmerism and Its Legacy

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Gertrude Pompée Gives Up the Ghost, Still Laughs Last

Some Tree Personality Studies For The Theater: A Work In Progress

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Etymology of Miss

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Reading Group Guide

A Conversation with the Author

Acknowledgments

About the Author