I agree that most dark stories involve death, and that Mr. the 
Rutsch is an important exception to such stories.  (I would also count 
his "Junk" as dark and without physical death.)  
	But he's not the only writer with such skills.  I propose Susan 
Doenime's black little story "Poison" for consideration.  There are no 
*physical* deaths in that story, but it made me turn to "Bitter End" to 
lighten the mood. ^_^;;

S h a z o r n				No, I'm not an otaku!
<rayburn@cc.umanitoba.ca>		But I'm working on it... ^_^;