Introduction: "meaning in life and death : our stories"
John Martin Fischer and Anthony B rueckner, "Why is death bad?", Philosophical studies, vol. 50, no. 2 (September 1986)
"Death, badness, and the impossibility of experience," Journal of ethics
John Martin Fischer and Daniel Speak, "Death and the psychological conception of personal identity," Midwest studies in philosophy, vol. 24
"Earlier birth and later death : symmetry through thick and thin," Richard Feldman, Kris McDaniel, Jason R. Raibley, eds., The good, the right, life and death (Aldershot : Ashgate Publishing, 2006)
"Why immortality is not so bad," International journal of philosophical studies, vol. 2, no. 2 (September 1994)
John Martin Fischer and Ruth Curl, "Philosophical models of immortality in science fiction," in George Slusser et. al., eds., Immortal engines : life extension and immortality in science fiction and fantasy (Athens, Ga. : University of Georgia Press, 1996)
"Epicureanism about death and immortality," Journal of ethics, vol. 10, no. 4
"Stories," Midwest studies in philosophy, vol. 20
"Free will, death, and immortality : the role of narrative," Philosophical papers (Special issue : meaning in life) volume 34, number 3, November 2005
"Stories and the meaning of life," revised and expanded version of "A reply to Pereboom, Zimmerman, and Smith," part of a book symposium on John Martin Fischer, my way : essays on moral responsibility, philosophical books, vol. 47, no. 3.
Our stories : essays on life, death, and free will by John Martin Fischer. ISBN 9780195374957. Published by Oxford University Press in 2009. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.