Chapter 1
↓ TranscriptMY NAME IS EMILY. THAT IS MY EARLIEST MEMORY. I SUPPOSE I DOUBTED IT AT TIMES, BUT TEN YEARS LATER I SAW HIM AGAIN. (Getting off the bus, walking along the footpath) — Alt text: I wonder what this[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ Transcript(truck crashes into car: RRRR CRASH) Emily:oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god Man in car: I’m stuck… Someone: Are they alright? I’ll call 000… Emily: You’ll be ok… We’re calling an ambulance… Hold[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptEmily: Death, if you’re here, please leave this man! He can live, I know it… and I know you’re here, too, I’ve seen you before, so please… please… Death: You’ve seen me before? Emily: Holy crap you’re REAL! Death:[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptSomeone: Hey, the ambo’s here… how’s he doing? I COULDN’T SPEAK. WHAT DOES ONE SAY? THEY ASSUMED ME TO BE IN SHOCK. Someone: Any vital signs? Someone (to Emily): You sure you’re alright? MAYBE I WAS. (She walks the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ Transcript(Emily arrives home; the door slams, her schoolbag thuds to the floor, and she sighs.) Death: Hello. Emily: WHUH!? Death: I told you I’d see you again. Should I have been more specific? Everyone does see me in the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptEmily: My guess is that even the ones who do remember learn to not believe it. Death: Good, that’s kind of the aim. But why didn’t you? Emily: I don’t know. Maybe I would have, eventually. Who knows? Anyway,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptEmily: Is your job ever boring or depressing? Death: Maybe. I never really thought about it. Emily: Why do you do it? Death: It is my purpose. Emily: Do you have a choice? Death: No. Emily: Why not? Death:[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptEmily: You know, I actually remember you better than I remember my mum. Death: Really? I don’t remember you at all. Emily: Really? My mum died of lung cancer. I was four, and blonde. Death: And I told you[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ Transcript(Emily’s Aunt, Ella, and her cousins Maddy and Carmine arrive home.) Ella: Emily! We’re home! Maddy: Netball was cancelled; the coach was sick. Carmine: Did you see the car crash?! Maddy:: It’s in our street! Carmine: There was a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…