"Every fairytale begins in the rain." When you run into an old bookshop in the middle of Paris to escape a storm, who knows who you might meet there. {Written 2014.}

Introduction: Would You Want to Know? This is How You Die: Hematoma This is How You Die: Murder This is How You Die: Under Collapsing Shelf This is How You Die: After Many Years, Stops Breathing, With a Smile on Face

Meet our unnamed, 12 year-old main character (AKA, the MC). She’s got a mom who’s always gone, a dad who’s always weird, and an older sister, (Ava) whose intelligent rants are making less sense every day. As the in-fighting at home reaches a boiling point, perfect Ava begins to lose hold on reality, and does something that gets her landed at a nearby hospital. The MC has a feeling (or maybe it’s just wishful thinking) that her sister might be faking. After all all, Ava’s always loved to tell lies. But can the MC get Ava to admit what’s really going on, or is her sister’s transformation simply a genetic reminder of the insanity in store for her, as well? In this southern Gothic inspired tale, we look at the ways in which one family’s history of mental illness helps and hinders as it navigates a breakdown

During the hottest Midwestern summer recorded in years, eleven year-old Kippy gets grounded for a whole month. While wondering if she's ever been as bored (or as sweaty) as she is now, Kippy discovers that her older brother and sister are grounded too, and decides she has to find out why. But getting to the bottom of things in a household where rules hinge on a "No Tattling" policy isn't easy, and soon enough Kippy learns that some secrets are more terrifying than others.

Lily was an accident. That’s what Mom and Dad said, when they broke the news to me and the brothers over second-time-around meatloaf and corn on the cob. An accident, as if they were apologizing for puncturing holes in the inflatable pool with the lawnmower...