Shadowshine

If the Shadowshine Reincarnation Centre exists it is merely a staging post on the way to Higher Things. A celestial sorting house with about the same efficiency (or lack of it) as any earthly administrative concern.

Like a spider in his web, deep within the Shadowshine Auditorium, the Soul Searcher awaits the souls which bide their time in stasis cells, awaiting his summons. Each soul is decharacterized of its former mortal identity and sent packing for another lifetime of trial and tribulation. Without ceasing, the Soul Searcher reviews the endless procession of souls with unerring accuracy. This time they are mortals from Twentieth Century Earth ...