Behold: Obituary Man, who gains indescribable energy from reciting the eulogy at the funerals of strangers. Maurice Petit is unaware of his own loneliness until one day when he feels he is choking on the weight of his routine. At work he consults his horoscope, which alludes to the death he assumes to be imminent. Next to the horoscopes he finds a classmate in the obituaries, and his heart races. At the funeral something compels him to stand and speak. He is Obituary Man and has a voice for the dead. But will his newfound power rejuvenate him?