A haunting and often gruesome exploration of family, this collection of short stories and flash fiction dissects what it means to be family, by blood or by choice, and what happens when those ties break. Walking the line between magic and reality, these stories, both immensely dark and occasionally funny, will delight any reader of the macabre and misaligned. Collection Includes: Brambles & ThornsDevil's CurseBroken Reality (Previously published as Marie in Black, Episodes 1-9 on Kindle Vella)Music of the HeartSmoke SignalDangerous Questions (Previously published as Dangerous Questions, Episodes 1-6 on Kindle Vella)Puddle RainbowsA Walk with Death (Previously published as A Walk with Death, Episodes 1-7 on Kindle Vella)NakedandCross Burkowicz and the Chemistry Class Disaster (Previously published as Cross Burkowicz and the Chemistry Class Disaster, Episodes 1-6 on Kindle Vella)