death

Using Fire to Communicate With the Dead

The ancient Chinese practice of setting papier-mâché ablaze for a more comfortable afterlife

I Dated My Brother’s Girlfriend After He Died

Right and wrong seemed trivial in the face of my grief—till I realized my brother was angry with me

The Man Who Buries Everyone

Peter Stefan has a job few people ask for: laying to rest society’s forgotten and unwanted

Peace Out

At San Francisco’s Zen Hospice Project, death is a creative act