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** From the first anthology, "After Many Years, Stops Breathing, While Asleep, With Smile On Face".
** The second anthology gives us an even longer example: "Toxoplasmosis of the Brain; Candidiasis of the Esophagus; Candidiasis of the Trachea; Candidiasis of the Bronchi; Candidiasis of the Lungs; Kaposi's Sarcoma; Pneumonia; Tuberculosis; Stab Wound in the Belly; and Bus Accident".
** Technically, the ''full'' title of the second anthology is ''This Is How You Die: Stories of the Inscrutable, Infallible, Inescapable Machine of Death''.
** From the first anthology, "After Many Years, Stops Breathing, While Asleep, With Smile On Face".
** The second anthology gives us an even longer example: "Toxoplasmosis of the Brain; Candidiasis of the Esophagus; Candidiasis of the Trachea; Candidiasis of the Bronchi; Candidiasis of the Lungs; Kaposi's Sarcoma; Pneumonia; Tuberculosis; Stab Wound in the Belly; and Bus Accident".
** Technically, the ''full'' title of the second anthology is ''This Is How You Die: Stories of the Inscrutable, Infallible, Inescapable Machine of Death''.
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* RageAgainstTheHeavens: Randall Munroe's story, "?", consists almost entirely of a rant against some higher power, the universe itself, or [[RageAgainstTheAuthor the author]].
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* RageAgainstTheHeavens: RageAgainstTheHeavens:
** Randall Munroe's story, "?", consists almost entirely of a rant against some higher power, the universe itself, or [[RageAgainstTheAuthor theauthor]].author]].
** A character in "Vegetables" mentions that people started burning churches after they realized [[YouCantFightFate how absurdly unavoidable the death predictions were]].
** Randall Munroe's story, "?", consists almost entirely of a rant against some higher power, the universe itself, or [[RageAgainstTheAuthor the
** A character in "Vegetables" mentions that people started burning churches after they realized [[YouCantFightFate how absurdly unavoidable the death predictions were]].
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* "Exploded" by [[VideoGame/{{Gunpoint}} Tom Francis]] • Jesse Reklaw
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* "Exploded" by [[VideoGame/{{Gunpoint}} Tom Francis]] Creator/TomFrancis • Jesse Reklaw
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* TwinsAreSpecial: "Old Age, Surrounded by Loved Ones": An [[AlwaysIdenticalTwins identical twin]] receives two death predictions, their own and their twin's, with no way to tell which is which.
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* ShoutOut: Some oddly internal examples, where stories from the second anthology make shout-outs to stories (by other authors) from the first anthology.
** "Screaming, Crying, Alone, and Afraid" mentions a person who received the prediction "WHILE TRYING TO SAVE ANOTHER" and wound up dying in a fire, just like the main character in "While Trying To Save Another".
** In "Machine of Death", one of the causes of death is "ALMONDS", which is apparently a reference to "Almond". There's also some discussion of how a line of poetry would make a good death prediction, which is the kind of prediction used in "Not Waving But Drowning".
** In another possible reference to "Almond", the small town in "Natural Causes" is named Almond Hill.
** "Screaming, Crying, Alone, and Afraid" mentions a person who received the prediction "WHILE TRYING TO SAVE ANOTHER" and wound up dying in a fire, just like the main character in "While Trying To Save Another".
** In "Machine of Death", one of the causes of death is "ALMONDS", which is apparently a reference to "Almond". There's also some discussion of how a line of poetry would make a good death prediction, which is the kind of prediction used in "Not Waving But Drowning".
** In another possible reference to "Almond", the small town in "Natural Causes" is named Almond Hill.
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* ShoutOut: Some ShoutOut:
** Several oddly internal examples, where stories from the second anthology make shout-outs to stories (by other authors) from the first anthology.
** *** "Screaming, Crying, Alone, and Afraid" mentions a person who received the prediction "WHILE TRYING TO SAVE ANOTHER" and wound up dying in a fire, just like the main character in "While Trying To Save Another".
** *** In "Machine of Death", one of the causes of death is "ALMONDS", which is apparently a reference to "Almond". There's also some discussion of how a line of poetry would make a good death prediction, which is the kind of prediction used in "Not Waving But Drowning".
** *** In another possible reference to "Almond", the small town in "Natural Causes" is named Almond Hill.Hill.
** One of the main characters in Ryan North's "Cancer" is loosely based on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrietta_Lacks Henrietta Lacks]], as he explains in an author's note at the end of the story.
** Several oddly internal examples, where stories from the second anthology make shout-outs to stories (by other authors) from the first anthology.
** One of the main characters in Ryan North's "Cancer" is loosely based on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrietta_Lacks Henrietta Lacks]], as he explains in an author's note at the end of the story.
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I feel like there should be a more specific trope for this...
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* TheMultiverse: The alien interstellar-travel-drive in "Drowning Burning Falling Flying" works by linking its passengers together with all of their alternate possibilities, and then "outbranching" to a version of themselves where they (and the ship) exist at their destination. The protagonist uses the word "multiverse" to describe this, but the aliens are hesitant to adopt the term.
