Come dreading the political conversations. Hope you get out alive. Dark humor is on the menu; humble pie is being served. Family secrets will be told, you better say thank you to the cook, and you do not want to know what is hiding in the basement. Thanksgiving dinner will be different and have serious and permanent consequences for those in attendance this year. Maryann and a few million of her powerful witch friends have come up with a solution for the election of the chartreuse one and the unexpected chaos that followed in the form of riots, violence, and the downfall of governments all over the world. They have a surprise waiting to be served between dinner and dessert. They will have world peace, but it will come at a high price.

A collection of short stories for devils and darlings in weird towns and odd places. CONTENTS: 1. Bodies, Bones, and Blotched Hearts (Rated: M) A girl contracts the Devil and is sentenced to live in a never-ending, underground rave. 2. County News 3. Would Be King A werewolf Alpha is usurped by his younger sister, and not even death can stop his revenge. 4. Sunsets and Cigarettes An ex-anarchist, a kleptomaniac, and a three-legged dog meet up at the end of the world. 5. Case File: #667366 An FBI file on yours truly. 6. Nomenclature (Rated: M) A drunk, suicidal teenager is lured into a game of life and death by his previous self on the eve of his nineteenth birthday. (Now optioned for TV by @TNT network.) 7. Parasite (#100WordScream) It's alive. 8. When The World Empties A bereft girl street races. 9. #31creepywords A series of horror stories told in no more than thirty-one words. 10. The Unmanned Mission A team of astronauts crashland on a red plane, but no one back on Earth knows they're missing. (Featured in Epic Tales from Beautiful Minds Anthology: TeamSFHorror hosted by @Ooorah/@LayethTheSmackDown) 11. "You are the White Rabbit, but it's not enough." A poem based off the character created by Lewis Caroll. Entry for #madmarch. 12. Launch Day Where to find my weird and wacky flash fiction on Wattpad's new Tap app. *WINNER OF @Nyhterides THE GLAMOUR OF GROTESQUE CONTEST *Selected by the @BlairWitchMovie --- Cover art: Kacey Lynn (Wattpad/Instagram: @untroubledheart)

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