Critical Focus | There Is Always Life After Death
THE MICROSCOPE
2014, Volume 62:1, pp. 15–25
DOI
https://doi.org/10.59082/YJRM5189
AUTHOR
Brian J. Ford
EXCERPT
Birds sang and the sun had just risen when, at 5:30 a.m. on a bright spring morning, with a sudden swish and a thud the silver bright blade of the guillotine slid down its wooden runners and severed the victim’s head with a crunch of bone. The ghastly head spurted blood and bounced into the basket. Its eyes were closed. Then the attending physician called the victim’s name. The man’s eyes opened; their gaze focused on the doctor. The dead man was not lifeless, for he was staring straight back.