“Meet Cute and Die” is the tenth story in Gleanings. It was written by Neal Shusterman.
Plot[]
A girl named Marni meets a man at a revival center and likes him, but her aunt, Scythe Boudica, doesn't agree.
Characters[]
Appeared[]
- Scythe Boudica
- Marni Wittle
- Nurse Lucille
- Cochran Stæinsby
Mentioned[]
- Scythe Cromwell
- Scythe Godiva
- High Blade Churchill
Trivia[]
- It is informed that the revival center ice cream is infused with nanites that go straight to the brain's pleasure center. It's intended to combat Revival Depression Syndrome.
- There is no direct reference to timeline placement, however the reference to Grandslayer Cromwell as Scythe Cromwell may insinuate that it takes place when he was neither a High Blade nor a Grandslayer.