Brian Reppert

“The attraction to death was always the same. For Mary, certainly, but for those who accused her as well. Death was the ultimate fascination. The finality of a person’s life confounded the ego. How could a body and mind that walked, talked, and had brilliant, witty thoughts suddenly cease to be? How could a body shrug off its mortal coil and become common carrion simply because the blood stopped pumping through the”
― Luanne G. Smith, The Raven Spell