In Brian Cable’s Article “The Last Stop”, Cable brings many ideas that influence life and death to mind. He introduces the story with his visit to a mortuary, and goes on to describe the various details within the compound. Cable approaches the morgue and notices the large neon clock on display. He realizes the irony of a location filled with corpses, and remarks, “What the hell, mortuaries are concerned with time too”. Then, the door gently creeks open, as if it were “inviting” him inside. Cable steps inside and surveys the waiting room. He finds the room adequate for comfort but outdated in style. The undertaker silently enters the room and tells Cable he uses the outdated look to create a more welcome feel for the family of the deceased. Cable takes note of the undertaker’s creepy features, with pale white scaly skin, large slanted forehead, and boney structure, Cable humorously compares him to Death. The undertaker then guides him deeper into the morgue. Cable follows the undertaker down a dim hallway where various “unpleasant” smells fill his nostrils. They eventually pass by a brightly lit, luxurious room filled with coffins. Cable takes a minute to inspect the assortment of coffins ranging in price from $400 to $5000. The undertaker notes these are becoming less common due to the cheaper decision of cremation. Cable ponders this conflict of money vs. traditional means, and then they continue on. They stop to meet the undertaker’s mortician who is currently embalming a body. The mortician gives his view of the financial dilemma of burials. He claims a traditional burial will bring closure to a family, while a cremation will not. Cable notes that a roomy, satin lining and inner spring mattress for the deceased would then perhaps bring closure. Cable brings up the question if his job ever bothers him. The mortician slyly replies that it was something he could live with and goes on to say he enjoys prepping bodies of the deceased to resemble how they once looked, the way their families remember them. Before leaving, Cables curiosity gets the best of him, and he simply can’t leave without touching a corpse. He lays his finger on one and says it was cold and firm, reminding him of clay. Cable then leaves the morgue with his curiosity satisfied, but ever so glad dealing with dead bodies is someone else’s responsibility.