Horror
Living with the Dead
2008·62 pages
A dark tale of a fog-shrouded town where the living accommodate the dead, blending horror and dark comedy.
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A dark tale of a fog-shrouded town where the living accommodate the dead, blending horror and dark comedy.
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The dead come from the sea, at night. They merely arrive and are discovered in the morning on the wharves, lying in great heaps. It has been the immemorial custom for people to take them into their homes, to find places for them, to pattern their increasingly cluttered lives around the growing accumulation of corpses. No one knows why, although it is the irresistible decree of the Unseen Government that the order of things must be preserved, at all costs. Old and young must participate, and carr...
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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No romantic or sexual content depicted.
Violence & gore
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Frequent body horror with heaps of corpses; central to the surreal horror theme.
Profanity
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Substance use
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LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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No religious themes present.
Magic & witchcraft
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Minor fantasy elements; not central but part of the surreal tone.
Occult / demonology
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No real-world occult content depicted.
Political content
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Moderate critique of tradition and authority via the Unseen Government.
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Moderate systemic suffering; living burdened by the dead as a societal norm.
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