Leaving the Dead

Leaving the Dead is a collection of eighteen stories about the long slow dance with death and the heartbreak of life-no zombies allowed.

• When a writer runs into the ghost of his father who died of Alzheimer's, death has restored his memory, and he's eager to share.
• An unlikely couple and an abandoned-seeing eye dog find happiness after everyone else dies.
• A college freshman goes home for the holidays with her lover who claims to be a robot-and takes her to an abandoned factory on Christmas ...