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'Afterlives': 40 Stories Of What Follows Death

When author David Eagleman thinks about the afterlife, he sees endless possibilities. In his book, Sum: Forty Tales From the Afterlives, he imagines a variety of scenarios.

Eagleman's imagined afterlives range from the perfectly mundane — an "infinite airport waiting area" — to the fantastic, like a visit with the "big face" of this universe's creator.

Do you have a variety of ideas about what happens after we die? Or just one? Tell us what afterlife you imagine.

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