Summary
Death, a Biography, is a fictional horror novel. It is crass, violent, profane, and not meant for the light hearted reader. Imagine living in a world surrounded by fools. For years your frustration grows, and no matter what you try to do you cannot free yourself from the preverbal ideocracy. Nom DePlume is just such a man, only one day he is granted the dearest wish of his heart. Nom, a grad student working as a truck driver is: intelligent, well educated, and the sort of person who always can find a reason to have a chip on his shoulder. One day while driving in Texas he finds that he has the ability to wish death on those he hates. Being scientifically minded, Nom proceeds to experiment searching out the scopes of his new found powers. He begins in Texas, a state he despises. As he moves on from each experiment, he picks his prey to match some facet of modern western life that he hates. Each receive a fate customized to match what Nom feels they did wrong. Nom then travels home to Michigan after initially defining his new role in life. In Michigan he uses his powers to settle a few old scores and family business. A run-in with an old friend convinces him that he is being selfish for not using his god like powers to better mold humanity. The end of the book sees him taking on the leader of the free world. Nom now personifying Death, learns that he has a true foe, Life.Nom will retu
- 1 Chapter 1:Author's Note:
- 2 Chapter 2:I Am Angry
- 3 Chapter 3:On the future and past of madness
- 4 Chapter 4:I have become Death
- 5 Chapter 5:Nom Contemplates Texas
- 6 Chapter 6:The sweet taste of hypocrisy
- 7 Chapter 7:On libations and infants
- 8 Chapter 8:Theories are the fruit of experimental evidence
- 9 Chapter 9:But you can give them to the birds and bees
- 10 Chapter 10:The square dance of Death
- 11 Chapter 11:Journey to the center of stupidity
- 12 Chapter 12:Intermezzo
- 13 Chapter 13:Revenge is a dish best served cold
- 14 Chapter 14:If Lucifer had a love child
- 15 Chapter 15:The invention of cruelty
- 16 Chapter 16:Deino, Enyo, and Pemphredo
- 17 Chapter 17:Always kick a foe when they are down
- 18 Chapter 18:The madness singularity
- 19 Chapter 19:Pouring salt on wounds
- 20 Chapter 20:The long pig quandary
- 21 Chapter 21:Score one for the Dead
- 22 Chapter 22:The fine pleasure of a cigar
- 23 Chapter 23:Of windmills, despair, and epiphanies
- 24 Chapter 24:The holy inquisition
- 25 Chapter 25:An exploration into the depths of suffering
- 26 Chapter 26:Every villain needs a henchman
- 27 Chapter 27:Engels and Marx, the Wright brothers, and all other great duos
- 28 Chapter 28:It is a far, far better thing that I do
- 29 Chapter 29:Disunion is treason by force
- 30 Chapter 30:The three mouths of Lucifer
- 31 Chapter 31:I want to wake up in a city that never sleeps
- 32 Chapter 32:T-minus
- 33 Chapter 33:Waiting for the whites in their eyes
- 34 Chapter 34:Dropping a lit match into a barrel of gasoline
- 35 Chapter 35:Modern art should speak to the masses
- 36 Chapter 36:A lot of preparation, a bit of inspiration
- 37 Chapter 37:Om Nom
- 38 Chapter 38:The justice of a sitting president
- 39 Chapter 39:Acknowledgments:
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