death No more funeral home markups — you can now buy caskets direct for your corpse! Thom Dunn

funerals You can now legally compost dead bodies in Washington state Thom Dunn

death Your "Morbid Minute;" more on dead babies wearing other babies' skulls as hats Gareth Branwyn

Culture Students honor teacher at his funeral with a moving haka Rusty Blazenhoff

video games Someone just created a House of Leaves-style DOOM mod Thom Dunn

restaurants Texas 12-year-old charged with murder after shooting Sonic restaurant employee Rob Beschizza

music Listen to the playlist Ryuichi Sakamoto made for his own funeral David Pescovitz

Ryuichi Sakamoto Listen to Ryuichi Sakamoto's funeral playlist Jennifer Sandlin

art Sweaters for dead birds by artist Anette Messager Popkin

ebay eBay refuses to tell man why it suspended his new account Mark Frauenfelder

dead wrong An 82-year-old woman was pronounced dead, but found breathing 3 hours later at the funeral home Carla Sinclair

death Alzheimer's facility fined $10k after "dead" resident discovered breathing in a body bag David Pescovitz

groundhog The high-stress world of weather prediction takes its toll on Canada's "Fred la Marmotte" Jason Weisberger

art St. George's Church is home to 30 beautiful ghost sculptures Popkin

fake news A romance author allegedly faked her own suicide to boost book sales Thom Dunn

tabletop gaming Eight of the best D&D books from 2022 Gareth Branwyn

deaths Former Pope Joseph Ratzinger dead at 95 Rob Beschizza

carceral state The Corrections Project documentary series tackles America's carceral state Elías Villoro

books 30,000 Steps is a hilariously heartfelt page-turner about opioid deaths Thom Dunn

music Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac, RIP David Pescovitz