Very nice, it’s interesting and engaging enough. I want to be nitpicky, as you’ve requested but I can’t seem to point out anything other than the double “the’s” in the first paragraph.
And I love how it’s from the perspective of Death. Lovely.
Should have expected such sillines. Very different sort of character voice for the usually somber Death, but I think it works within this sort of tongue-in-cheek reality you’ve created (the publisher, the reviewing publication, etc.).