With Death Comes Life is a short story written by Scott T. Goudsward. It was first published in the 2014 anthology The Dark Rites of Cthulhu, edited by Brian M. Sammons.
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Dan, who is reeling from the suicide of his girlfriend, discovers a mysterious book which she has been keeping from him. Soon the book, or perhaps something using the book, begins to communicate with Dan, and promises to reunite him with his girlfriend if only he will perform one small ritual...