"Death Waits Outside" is a 2020 Scars Publications cc&d magazine (v300, the August 2020 issue) poetry and short story book by assorted writers and artists. "Children, Churches and Daddies" (AKA cc&d, subtitle "the UN-religious, NON-family oriented literary and art magazine) has been printed in many forms since it's inception in 1993, but since 2014 cc&d has been released either monthly or every other month (with bonus issues) as a 6"x9" perfect-bound paperback book, with not only it's usual ISSN# (print ISSN# 1068-5154, Internet ISSN# 1555-1555), but also an ISBN#. With ISBN#s for issue/book releases, all issues now carry a title to accompany the new format, reflecting the writing inside the book and the cover design. Writers and artists in this book include Brent Johnson, Brighid Moret, CEE, Charles Hayes, DC Diamondopolous, Doug Downie, Drew Marshall, Eric Burbridge, Erren Kelly, Fabrice Poussin, James Croal Jackson, James Mulhern, Janet Kuypers, John Amendall, John F. McMullen, Judith Partin-Nielsen, Ken Allan Dronsfield, Linda M. Crate, Matthew McAyeal, Michael Ceraolo, Michael H. Brownstein, Michael Lee Johnson, Michael Summerleigh, Preeti Singh , Thom Woodruff, Winston Derden, Yash Seyedbagheri, Allen F. McNair, David M Jackson, David J. Thompson, David Russell, Edward Michael O'Durr Supranowicz, Eric Bonholtzer, Kyle Hemmings, Rose E. Grier, Uzeyir Cayci, Westley Heine, and Xanadu.