It's Christmastime and Tiff is returning to the one place she doesn't want to be: Fort Reverence, Florida. Between dealing with family issues she never quite got over and reuniting with her younger sibling, Tiff and her cousin Matt spot an undead woman running through the woods and immediately get down to investigating. Destiny and shadows taunt her in the same way her own family's history does. Who killed Priscilla Cain? Or, more accurately, where did they put her head?

It's March in Lake Wonder, and something is in the water. It's not Bill Gates or fluoride, though. It's something else. It's something more dead-- and much more deadly. Tiff is a high school senior who is dealing with everything from her Bigfoot obsession to her best friend moving to the Fae World. If there's one thing she needs, it's a distraction from her impending graduation and the opening night of a school musical she's doing light work for. Denny also needs a distraction-- mostly from an anniversary she doesn't want to think about. Working as a janitor and sometime-assistant coach, spending time with her friends, and involuntarily turning into a wolf in the woods can really only do so much to keep her mind off of it. It's good for the both of them, then (and bad for the rest of the town) when something enters the water supply and a rash of illnesses, accidents, and weird deaths takes over the town. Who is Despina Worth and what happened to her? Why is there blue ectoplasm in the sinks at the high school? Why is slightly-renowned podcaster Suzette Sweet interviewing Tiff's aunt? What's with Denny's friend Jessie's cousins? And, most importantly, will the Mop Wizard ever make an appearance before the author inevitably gives up? Something's in the water. Maybe it's someone. (Quick note from the author: There's going to be a lot of weird and potentially bad stuff in this. At the time of writing this note, there's a lot of mentions and depictions of drownings, teen deaths, vomit, abuse and neglect, gore and violent deaths, and probably a few other things that are slipping my mind. Just keep that in mind, going into this.)

Lake Wonder, a quiet mountain town in northern Washington state, is just like so many little towns in America. It has charm, it has history, and it has more skeletons in its closet than what's buried in the cemetery. For Ashley Sheridan, it's his new home. He didn't think he would like it, but it seems the mountain air agrees with him. That's until he has to stop actual, literal hell from breaking loose on his sleepy cul-de-sac.

A collection of short stories, flash fiction, and journal entries set in the Lake Wonder universe.