A mourning father roaming a post-apocalyptic hellscape visits the charred remains of a children's playground to say a final goodbye in this short story.

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Edited by Lisa Mangum with Wendy ChristensenWith an all-new zombie story by New York Times bestselling author Jonathan MaberryDeath comes for us all. But for some, it doesn't stay. Mythology and lore are full of undead creatures, and each one has a story to tell—of their life, their death, or their afterlife.From a haunting melody that leads a ghost to her killer, to a piano that provides s...