The bodies were decaying, and smelled bad, and they did not look very good either.

Did not the thing want the house to rot even as Stella's body decayed in the grave?

God is not cruel enough to force anyone to be aware while their body decays around them.

The body of Tavir had not decayed, not in three years and more.

The final one is the most elaborate, and is thought to mark the point when the body has completely decayed to dust.

Cannibalism allows a few weeks' grace time, even while the body is decaying around it.

In part because of the humidity and high temperature environment, the bodies decayed quickly.

Monks investigating the tomb on 10 March 1951 found the body had not decayed.

Why Petta's body had not decayed following burial has never been explained.

If the body decayed, they feared, the soul would, too.