Literature - Adult

When a person dies, they get to speak to their "Guide" who will answer all their questions about their previous life and what comes after. But when Cian asks his Guide, Dante, a question that requires a bit more digging, it leads them on an epic journey through the back offices of the afterlife until they can answer the ultimate question: What is the meaning of existence?  

Short story in the anthology Chlorophobia.

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"Scientists scratched their heads, saying it wasn’t possible, that plants and trees could not grow that fast, but tell that to the people impaled on tree branches that had grown through them.​​"

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