My Writings on Death
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ysabetwordsmithI like death escorts and death deities, so I write about death -- and Death -- fairly often. I am collecting some of those here after my mother passed away on 12/26/21.
Warning: Since all this stuff deals with deep and often challenging topics, please consider your tastes and headspace before reading onward. In any case, it's probably not prudent to binge-read all of these at the same time.
NONFICTION
These are some resources about death, mourning, and coping skills.
"Coping with Grief"
"Grief Questionnaire"
"You Never Know When"
"Self-Care Links"
"Make a Self-Soothing Kit"
"Home Care as Self Care"
"How to Let Go of Things"
"Coping Skills: How to Connect with Your Environment"
"Coping with Stressful Situations"
"Going Nonverbal"
"How to Stop Your Brain from Looping"
"How to Handle Uncomfortable Farmemory"
"Emotional First Aid"
"Promoting EFA for Adults"
"How to Do Emotional and Spiritual Triage in an Emergency"
"Helping an Online Friend in Difficult Times"
* * *
AN ARMY OF ONE
"Memento Mori"
"Too Much Energy"
"A Most Peculiar Circumstance"
ARTS AND CRAFTS AMERICA
"Like Little Fish"
THE BEAR TUNNELS
"The Pequot War"
THE CLOCKWORK WAR
"In the Line of Duty"
A CONFLAGRATION OF DRAGONS
This whole series is about death, destruction, and survival in the aftermath.
DAUGHTERS OF THE APOCALYPSE
"Everything Turned Upside Down"
"Half-understood and Half-remembered"
"Their Patchwork Heritage"
"Nature's Great Masterpiece"
FRANKENSTEIN'S FAMILY
"The Candle Burns"
HART'S FARM
"Who Stands Beside Me"
NOT QUITE KANSAS
"The Struggle Against Overwhelming Odds"
"One Evil with Another"
PATH OF THE PALADINS
"Opening the Gate"
"This Beaten Drum"
"Mortal Coils"
"But One End"
"Strike Twice"
"Thorny Paths"
MONSTER HOUSE
"Beggars' Night"
"Imperfect Light"
"Gathered Here Today"
* * *
POLYCHROME HEROICS
"Bulletproof"
"A Perspective, Not the Truth"
"A Show of Faith"
"Death Whispers at the Tip"
"The Most Powerful, Master Emotion"
"Peace Offerings"
"The Day of Their Calamity"
AQUARIANA
"A Voice from Beyond"
"The Sounds You Can't Unhear"
"Between a Whale's Past and Present"
"Coming Back to Your Breath"
"The Course to Peace"
"Bearers of Witness with Justice"
"Tidefeel and Undertowen"
"Words on the Tongue and Action in the Hands"
"Not the Opposite of Life"
"The Hottest Blood of All"
"How to Hold the Darkness"
BERETTAFLIES
"Transform Your Experiences"
"A Confession of Pain"
"The Inner Transition"
THE BIG ONE
"The Oldest Associations"
"The Sustaining Bonds"
"Courage, a Contradiction in Terms"
"Gone the Sun"
"That Strength You Get from a Team"
"The Hearts They Leave Behind"
"A Sacredness in Tears"
"At the Subtlest Levels of Function"
"The Storybearer"
CUOIO AND CHIARA
"Forever in Your Broken Heart"
"The Price You Pay for Love"
"If the Scar Is Deep"
DANSO AND FAMILY
"The Ones Who Would Do Anything"
DR. INFANTA
"Lifeyears"
"We Must Bear Witness"
"Die Faltenlilien"
"The Candle Burns Not for Us"
"Their Anguish Personal"
"Enter the Dark Horse"
IRON HORSES
"A Sacredness in Tears"
OFFICER PINK
"Blood and Water"
"The Fullness of Life"
"Beneath the Willow Tree"
"Define Your Own Reality"
"A Moment of Atonement"
"The Bamboo That Bends"
"Transpeciation"
"In the Depths of Your Grief"
"Why Retribution Has Come Upon Him"
* * *
QUEEN CHOUFA AND THE REBEL DRONES
"The Leader of the Rebel Drones Beseeches Queen Choufa"
"The Leader of the Rebel Drones Laments the Death of His Last Brother"
STARFATHER
"Starfather"
TRIPPING INTO THE FUTURE
This whole series is about death and the aftermath.
WATERJEWEL
"Gravestone Games"
"The Pear Gate"
STANDALONE
"Air Beyond Breath"
"All a Man Can Do"
"A Long Strange Road"
So those are some of my thoughts on death, in all its wildness and peace. I see with a very wide view. It's part of life, the universe, and everything. If it weren't for death, we wouldn't have life. We are made of the bones of dying stars; this is their heaven, and we are star angels.
People are very bad at predicting me. They always seem to think I'll change my mind about things. "You don't understand, when you get there, then you'll feel differently about it."
I haven't. I don't.
Warning: Since all this stuff deals with deep and often challenging topics, please consider your tastes and headspace before reading onward. In any case, it's probably not prudent to binge-read all of these at the same time.
NONFICTION
These are some resources about death, mourning, and coping skills.
"Coping with Grief"
"Grief Questionnaire"
"You Never Know When"
"Self-Care Links"
"Make a Self-Soothing Kit"
"Home Care as Self Care"
"How to Let Go of Things"
"Coping Skills: How to Connect with Your Environment"
"Coping with Stressful Situations"
"Going Nonverbal"
"How to Stop Your Brain from Looping"
"How to Handle Uncomfortable Farmemory"
"Emotional First Aid"
"Promoting EFA for Adults"
"How to Do Emotional and Spiritual Triage in an Emergency"
"Helping an Online Friend in Difficult Times"
* * *
AN ARMY OF ONE
"Memento Mori"
"Too Much Energy"
"A Most Peculiar Circumstance"
ARTS AND CRAFTS AMERICA
"Like Little Fish"
THE BEAR TUNNELS
"The Pequot War"
THE CLOCKWORK WAR
"In the Line of Duty"
A CONFLAGRATION OF DRAGONS
This whole series is about death, destruction, and survival in the aftermath.
DAUGHTERS OF THE APOCALYPSE
"Everything Turned Upside Down"
"Half-understood and Half-remembered"
"Their Patchwork Heritage"
"Nature's Great Masterpiece"
FRANKENSTEIN'S FAMILY
"The Candle Burns"
HART'S FARM
"Who Stands Beside Me"
NOT QUITE KANSAS
"The Struggle Against Overwhelming Odds"
"One Evil with Another"
PATH OF THE PALADINS
"Opening the Gate"
"This Beaten Drum"
"Mortal Coils"
"But One End"
"Strike Twice"
"Thorny Paths"
MONSTER HOUSE
"Beggars' Night"
"Imperfect Light"
"Gathered Here Today"
* * *
POLYCHROME HEROICS
"Bulletproof"
"A Perspective, Not the Truth"
"A Show of Faith"
"Death Whispers at the Tip"
"The Most Powerful, Master Emotion"
"Peace Offerings"
"The Day of Their Calamity"
AQUARIANA
"A Voice from Beyond"
"The Sounds You Can't Unhear"
"Between a Whale's Past and Present"
"Coming Back to Your Breath"
"The Course to Peace"
"Bearers of Witness with Justice"
"Tidefeel and Undertowen"
"Words on the Tongue and Action in the Hands"
"Not the Opposite of Life"
"The Hottest Blood of All"
"How to Hold the Darkness"
BERETTAFLIES
"Transform Your Experiences"
"A Confession of Pain"
"The Inner Transition"
THE BIG ONE
"The Oldest Associations"
"The Sustaining Bonds"
"Courage, a Contradiction in Terms"
"Gone the Sun"
"That Strength You Get from a Team"
"The Hearts They Leave Behind"
"A Sacredness in Tears"
"At the Subtlest Levels of Function"
"The Storybearer"
CUOIO AND CHIARA
"Forever in Your Broken Heart"
"The Price You Pay for Love"
"If the Scar Is Deep"
DANSO AND FAMILY
"The Ones Who Would Do Anything"
DR. INFANTA
"Lifeyears"
"We Must Bear Witness"
"Die Faltenlilien"
"The Candle Burns Not for Us"
"Their Anguish Personal"
"Enter the Dark Horse"
IRON HORSES
"A Sacredness in Tears"
OFFICER PINK
"Blood and Water"
"The Fullness of Life"
"Beneath the Willow Tree"
"Define Your Own Reality"
"A Moment of Atonement"
"The Bamboo That Bends"
"Transpeciation"
"In the Depths of Your Grief"
"Why Retribution Has Come Upon Him"
* * *
QUEEN CHOUFA AND THE REBEL DRONES
"The Leader of the Rebel Drones Beseeches Queen Choufa"
"The Leader of the Rebel Drones Laments the Death of His Last Brother"
STARFATHER
"Starfather"
TRIPPING INTO THE FUTURE
This whole series is about death and the aftermath.
WATERJEWEL
"Gravestone Games"
"The Pear Gate"
STANDALONE
"Air Beyond Breath"
"All a Man Can Do"
"A Long Strange Road"
So those are some of my thoughts on death, in all its wildness and peace. I see with a very wide view. It's part of life, the universe, and everything. If it weren't for death, we wouldn't have life. We are made of the bones of dying stars; this is their heaven, and we are star angels.
People are very bad at predicting me. They always seem to think I'll change my mind about things. "You don't understand, when you get there, then you'll feel differently about it."
I haven't. I don't.
