How to Do a Cemetery Photoshoot
Winter is the best time to shoot photos in cemeteries. Depending on your luck and your location, you might be […]
The Sculptor and the Skull – A conversation with Trevor Foster
I caught up with Trevor Foster, naturalist and sculptor, across a 12-hour time difference. The University of Washington graduate lives
The Cremains of the Day
A mausoleum? In this economy? A full-on shrine in my millennial one-bedroom starter apartment/retirement hovel? A pyramid? On my block
Growing Up in the House of Grief
I would never have been born if my older sister hadn’t died. Existence is a joke, and most of us
This Thanksgiving Your Family Should Die Dreaming
Let’s get one thing straight and two things bi: I am not a recipe writer. I’m just a hedonist who
Won’t Move On: Best Songs About Dead Lovers
Today, Billy Joe McAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge. The song poured out of the FM radio in my mom’s
Death and the Maiden: Mortality in the Memoir of Miss Britney Spears
In every celebrity tell-all, there are the usual thrills when the star recounts who slept with who, who was a
One Man; Three Widows
David died on a day so ordinary that I couldn’t find it on the calendar when I looked back. We
I’m Not Afraid of Dying, I Just Don’t Wanna Be There When it Happens
I am most keenly aware of the nearness of death when I’m on an airplane. I’m safe there; I know
5 Signature Scents for that Graverobber Rizz: Perfumes to Die For
Bootheels clacking on the sidewalk. Cloak or duster flying behind. Eyes shaded by the brim of a black hat or