On the Day I Died

Thirteen stories from the grave . . .It’s after midnight, and Mike Kowalski is driving too fast when a girl suddenly appears in his headlights. He offers the stranger a ride, only to discover that her ‘home’ is a nearby Chicago cemetery for teenagers. Inside the sagging wrought iron gate, Mike finds himself surrounded by a ring of flickering shadows – a girl wearing a long, old-fashioned skirt, a boy with a 1950s-style crew cut, a wiry girl in platform shoes, and others. They need to tell their stories. And more importantly, they need their stories to be heard. Each of these teenage souls has a tale to tell about his or her own death – some eerie, some tragic, and some horrifying – and Mike can’t leave until he’s heard them all…