Dying: Dark Fantasy

The dying do their own work. They finish what must be finished--which is their death. That is all that they need to do. A very few have other things that must be done, even at the end. Words to a loved one. Reassurance. The last piece of a project. Usually these things fall away as death grows near, but sometimes the need grows. We think that's what happens to create zombies. You thought I was going to say ghosts, didn't you? No. The mild hauntings that you hear about sometimes? Those are just--


Inspiration: "Letting Go of What Cannot be Held Back" - by Bill Holm
Story Potential: High, mostly because of the tropes it spins about.
Notes: A zombie death before completion? That's what causes Hungry Ghosts--MUCH harder to deal with. Also, 'hauntings' is so a word!