Welcome to Death Faire:
Love, Loss and Healing in a Small Southern Town

Welcome to Death Faire: Love, Loss and Healing in a Small Southern Town

is a soulful collection of stories, poems, and images born from a small Southern town’s bold embrace of life, death, and everything in between. What began as a community gathering transformed by grief has grown into a movement that honors death as part of living fully. This book invites you to face loss with honesty, discover unexpected healing, and celebrate the beauty of it all.

Curated by Tami Schwerin with stories and images from Lyle Estill, Jessalyn Kiesa, Pepe Caudillo, Godi Godar, Karen Howard, Gary Phillips, Vanessa Jackson, Matt Zemon, Adrian Moreno, Carey McKelvey, Leif Diamant, Kim Jordan, Arlo Estill, Pat Jobe, Janet Kenworthy, Cathy Brooksie Edwards,

Frank Phoenix, Angi Parrish, Tim Toben, Keith Megginson, Cherie Lyon and 

Jennifer Hansen.
 

Poets:

Liza Wolff-Francis, Paul Jones, Karen Howard, Gary Phillips,  Janis Harrington, Ralph Earle, Florence Nash, Jaki Shelton Green, Debra Kaufman, Clancy "Grandpa Biscotti" Thompson, Maura High, Rick Hilles and Allison DeJong.