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See You in New York
by Olivia Sjostedt 03/19/2017Neighborhood: Central Park, Manhattan, World Trade Center
Before I left Sweden to move to New York, I hugged my dad, not knowing that it would be the last time.
Panic at Beth Israel
by Ruth Merwin 11/08/2015Neighborhood: Uncategorized
The air was thick. The blonde EMT had a blank stare. He looked at me a beat too long and I realized that even in a hospital you aren’t safe.
With You Without
by Abigail Frankfurt 07/08/2015Neighborhood: All Over
You coming home soaking wet and whining ‘cause another dealer ripped you off and you didn’t get enough crack. What is enough crack?
Smartphone
by Quilty 02/18/2015Neighborhood: Uncategorized
So, Martin's phone on one hand was keeping him young, and connected, but on the other, collecting the names of the dead
Respect for the Dead
by Claudette Bakhtiar 04/08/2013Neighborhood: Upper West Side
Claudette Bakhtiar has to look. Wouldn't you?
Crust, Mantle, Core
by Sara Lippmann 10/23/2012Neighborhood: Bay Ridge
Sara Lippmann's devastating essay on life, death, family, and those things that haunt us in the sudden quiet moments of pause.
Larry’s Bench
by Elizabeth S Titus 09/25/2012Neighborhood: Upper West Side
Liz Titus is shocked to learn of an old friend's death from a commemorative plaque marking a bench in Central Park.
Facing The Day
by Judith Luongo 06/25/2012Neighborhood: All Over, Chelsea, Gramercy Park, West Village
Judith Luongo finds oneness in pools of blue.
Old Enough To Die In Brooklyn: The Mortician’s Lament
by Chris Pomorski 05/10/2012Neighborhood: Cobble Hill
Chris Pomorski moves into an apartment above a funeral home in Brooklyn and learns that it is a dying business.
Here Lies Jed
by Katie McDonough 05/22/2011Neighborhood: Prospect Park
With no backyard and unable to afford the cremation, Katie McDonough and her boyfriend did what they could to give their cat a proper burial.
Death Comes to The Fenwick Arms
by Mr. Murphy 12/31/2010Neighborhood: Upper East Side
Mr. Murphy, a New York City doorman, witnesses what happens when there's a death in the building.
The Last Day
by Ken Nolan 06/03/2010Neighborhood: Windsor Terrace
The last day of school before summer after sixth grade was bittersweet for Kenneth P. Nolan, involving both Coney Island and the death of a classmate.