Mrs Death Misses Death

2021 | Contemporary | Fiction & Poetry | Science Fiction/Fantasy

Mrs Death tells her intoxicating story in this life-affirming fire-starter
of a novel

Mrs Death has had enough. She is exhausted from spending eternity
doing her job and now she seeks someone to unburden her conscience to.
Wolf Willeford, a troubled young writer, is well acquainted with death, but
until now hadn't met Death in person - a black, working-class woman who
shape-shifts and does her work unseen.

Enthralled by her stories, Wolf becomes Mrs Death's scribe, and begins to
write her memoirs. Using their desk as a vessel and conduit, Wolf travels
across time and place with Mrs Death to witness deaths of past and present
and discuss what the future holds for humanity. As the two reflect on the losses
they have experienced - or, in the case of Mrs Death, facilitated - their friendship grows into a surprising affirmation of hope, resilience and love. All the while,
despite her world-weariness, Death must continue to hold humans' fates in her hands, appearing in our lives when we least expect her . . .

Salena Godden (Author)