Death has a thousand faces, and here are just a few: from the comic to the dark, from the natural and unnatural to the supernatural. Meet Ethel, who wakes one day to find herself inexplicably unable to move; the Vampire, out of his depth in an English village; or the explosives expert whose life is more at risk from a fellow member of the Resistance. The spirit of Arthur stalks the land, while an overworked lawnmower brings about the end of the world as we know it. In these short stories Death often proves to have a fine sense of justice.