This Is How You Die
| Company type | Anthology |
|---|---|
| Industry | Publishing |
| Founded | 2013 |
| Founder | Ryan North, Matthew Bennardo, David Malki |
| Products | Science fiction short story collection |
This Is How You Die: Stories of the Inscrutable, Infallible, Inescapable Machine of Death is a 2013 collection of science fiction tales and serves as the follow-up to Machine of Death. The anthology was compiled by editors Ryan North, Matthew Bennardo, and David Malki.
Reception
Kirkus Reviews commended the book for being "humorous, unsettling, and intelligent," whereas Publishers Weekly characterized it as "entertaining, reflective, and occasionally somber." The A.V. Club emphasized its presentation of "distinctive viewpoints" regarding the societal consequences of the Machine, describing the work as "an homage to imaginative expression" that thoroughly investigates a singular idea.
Table of contents
This volume contains 31 narratives, such as:
- "Old Age, Surrounded by Loved Ones" by Nathan Burgoine • illustrated by Danica Novgorodoff
- "Rock and Roll" by Toby W. Rush • Meredith Gran
- "Natural Causes" by Rhiannon Kelly • Leela Wagner
- "Shiv Sena Riot" by Ryan Estrada • Ben McSweeney
- "Zephyr" by George Page III • c.billadeau
- "Execution by Beheading" by Chandler Kaiden • Mike Dawson
- "Lazarus Reactor Fission Sequence" by Tom Francis • Les McClaine
- "Drowning Burning Falling Flying" by Grace Seybold • Carla Speed McNeil
- "Conflagration" by D.L.E. Roger • Sam Bosma
- "Screaming, Crying, Alone, and Afraid" by Daliso Chaponda • Greg Ruth
- "Apitoxin" by John Takis • Indigo Kelleigh
- "Blue Fever" by Ada Hoffmann • Alice Duke
- "Tetrapod" by Rebecca Black • Carly Monardo
- "Machine of Death" by Karen Stay Ahlstrom • Alexandra Douglass
- "Monsters from the Deep" by David Malki • Mike Peterson
- "Toxoplasmosis of the Brain; Candidiasis of the Esophagus; Candidiasis of the Trachea; Candidiasis of the Bronchi; Candidiasis of the Lungs; Kaposi's Sarcoma; Pneumonia; Tuberculosis; Stab Wound in the Belly; and Bus Accident" by Gord Sellar • Nick Abadzis
- "Cancer" by Ryan North • Lissa Treiman
- "Two One Six" by Marleigh Norton • Shari Chankhamma
- "Blunt Force Trauma Delivered by Spouse" by Liz Argall • Emily Partridge
- "Meat Eater" by John Chernega and Bill Chernega • Dana Wulfekotte
- "Made into Delicious Cheeseburger" by Sarah Pavis • Becky Dreistadt
- "Your Choice" by Richard Salter • Graham Annable
- "In Battle, Alone and Soon Forgotten" by Ed Turner • Tony Cliff
- "Lake Titicaca" by M. Bennardo • Dustin Harbin
- "In Sleep" by Ren Warom • Claire Hummel
- "Cecile" by Hollan Lane • Ramón Pérez
- "La Mort d'un Roturier" by Martin Livings • Aaron Diaz
- "Not Applicable" by Kyle Shoenfeld • Chris Schweizer
- "Peacefully" by M.J. Leitch • Tyson Hesse
- "Old Age" by Brigita Orel • Braden Lamb
- "Furnace" by Erika Hammerschmidt • Trudy Cooper