The phrase "Memento Mori" is a reminder of our impermanence. It reminds us that death taunts life with both its nonchalance and indiscrimination and with its much greater dominion over the span of time. This collection of short, connected stories is a reflection of that phrase and the concepts behind it. Moreover, the through-line in all of these stories is death itself, how it comes to those rich and poor, righteous and evil, innocent and corrupt. How it comes to all.
