Five years in the making, this collection of short stories takes a premise from a talking-dinosaur comic strip -- what if there was a machine that could tell you, cryptically but with 100% accuracy, how you were going to die? -- and spins it into 34 amazing short stories, exploring different worlds in which this machine is a reality. Chosen from nearly 700 submissions, these 34 run the gamut from quirky to somber, dramatic to hilarious, and each bears a chapter-heading illustration by some of the finest talents in the world of independent comics.

For years, publishers and agents fell in love with this collection, but nobody was willing to take the financial risk of publishing an anthology by a bunch of “unknowns” in a tricky economy. Undeterred, the editors invested their personal funds into the book’s production and declared October 26, 2010, “MOD-Day.” On that day, they asked their online fans to purchase the book on Amazon, in an attempt to become a bestseller for one single day.

Around 10AM Pacific time, the book hit #1 in all categories and remained there for over 24 hours.

Dragged into existence by three dedicated entrepreneurs against all odds, it sold over 5,000 copies its very first day, without a single cent spent on marketing. Machine of Death is a true independent success story.