Being Dead

A sixteen-year-old will give anything to be with her true love--even though he died two hundred years ago. . . . A sopping-wet little dead girl stalks a teen who had nothing to do with her death--honest! . . . A heartless man dances with his wife--after she's passed away.From the hilarious to the horrific, master storyteller Vivian Vande Velde explores the world of the dead--and the undead--in this surprisingly moving collection of unnerving tales. They may be dead, but they're certainly not gone... They may not even be dead. They have unfinished business with the living -- last dances to dance, old promises to keep, urgent messages for loved ones ... or for not-so-loved ones. Seven deliciously creepy stories about seven haunted souls, brimming over with wit and white-knuckled dread, by master storyteller Vivian Vande Velde.

Seven supernatural stories, all having something to do with death.

A sixteen-year-old will give anything to be with her true love—even though he died two hundred years ago. . . . A sopping-wet little dead girl stalks a teen who had nothing to do with her death—honest! . . . A heartless man dances with his wife— after she's passed away. From the hilarious to the horrific, master storyteller Vivian Vande Velde explores the world of the dead—and the undead—in this surprisingly moving collection of unnerving tales. The first thing I remember about Saturday was I had a headache that felt as though tiny aliens were trying to chew their way out of my head through my left eyeball, and my brother, Danny, was being obnoxious. Drop by drop Dancing with Marjorie's ghost Shadow brother The ghost For love of him October chill Being dead.