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by John R. Little


For most of us death comes only once.


For Richard, that rule no longer applies. He has died hundreds of times

over, taking the place of those in agony as well as those unaware, men and

women alike, as they each meet their death.


Along this macabre passage through seeming immortality, he begins to suspect

that these unrelated deaths cloak a personal mystery and discovers that the

horror of the truth resides where death is no longer a safe refugeŠ.


Note: Originally Published in the short story collection "Little Things" by John R. Little