Two vampire brothers hunted by a budding witch. A girl captures souls in the shape of butterflies. A drug addiction invites a fairy to a 1920s dinner party. Something in the dark likes Plum Shelley. Welcome to "Rottin," a short story collection hemmed in horror. ------ 1. Ether 2. Cross My Heart 3. Rottin 4. The Girl in the Blue Dress

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Her friends warn her not to go to Brendan Fear's birthday party at his family's estate on mysterious Fear Island. But Rachel Martin has a crush on Brendan and is excited to be invited. Brendan has a lot of party games planned. But one game no one planned intrudes on his party—the game of murder. As the guests start dying one by one, Rachel realizes to her horror that she and the other teenagers are trapped on the tiny island with someone who may want to kill them all. How to escape this deadly game? Rachel doesn't know whom she can trust. She should have realized that nothing is as it seems… on Fear Island.

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