Last Seen Dead | ONC 2023
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Florence Eisley is dead, according to her death certificate and her loved ones.
Gone. Buried. Already rotting away into nothingness in her little grave.
Ethan hasn't seen her in over a year, after a falling out that left both of them too awkward to reach out and mend things. Not only that but for some strange reason, Florence entrusted Ethan to be her post-mortem confidant, a person responsible for sifting through a dead person's online life.
Now, finding himself knee deep in Florence's digital life, Ethan must figure out what's worth keeping and what's worth erasing from the internet forever.
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