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lordofthestars
Since: Sep, 2014

Back in the 90's Amazing Stories published a short story (I forget the title) in which a man is given a treatment that gives him amazing regenerative powers so he can live for years without eating, drinking, or breathing. Unfortunately, the process of transforming him puts him in a temporary state of paralysis, in which he appears dead—and is mistakenly assumed to be dead. The mortician cuts his tendons in preparing the body for burial, and the guy gets buried. He can't move, but the story ends with him fully aware that he could remain conscious underground for years to come.
Does anybody know the name of this short stoory?