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Tag Archives: afterlife

Maggots From Heaven

Sep28

When we die, invisible maggots nibble on our soul, eventually metamorphosing into ethereal moths. In the steampunk story Maggots from Heaven, we see Castor experiment on living subjects, trying to extract these divine grubs.

Look for the anthology, Phantasmical Contraptions & More Errors, on Amazon.

Leave a comment Posted in Books, Monsters, Weirdness Tagged afterlife, anthology, death, fiction, short story, Steampunk, supernatural

Lost Soul

Aug14

What if the afterlife is actually a mall? You’d need a directory to find your way. Otherwise, you’d be a lost soul.

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Leave a comment Posted in Art, Comics, Weird Words Tagged afterlife, art, collywobbles, comic, comicstrip, dad jokes, ghost, magic, pun, punny, silly, soul, surreal, webcomic

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