Mark Twain meets classic Stephen King -- a bold new direction for widely acclaimed Edgar Award winner Joe R. Lansdale. May Lynn was once a pretty girl who dreamed of becoming a Hollywood star. Now she's dead, her body dredged up from the Sabine River. Sue Ellen, May Lynn's strong-willed teenage friend, sets out to dig up May Lynn's body, burn it to ash, and take those ashes to Hollywood to spread around. If May Lynn can't become a star, then...

"Lee Mandelo's debut Summer Sons is a sweltering, queer Southern Gothic that crosses Appalachian street racing with academic intrigue, all haunted by a hungry ghost. Andrew and Eddie did everything together, best friends bonded more deeply than brothers, until Eddie left Andrew behind to start his graduate program at Vanderbilt. Six months later, only days before Andrew was to join him in Nashville, Eddie dies of an apparent suicide. He leaves Andrew...

Aaron Falk vuelve a su ciudad natal australiana para ir al entierro de su amigo, pensamiento para haber matado a su esposa y niño antes de la vuelta del arma sobre él. Falk comienza a preguntar los detalles del caso y, con la ayuda de la policía local, comienza una investigación que desenterrará muchos secretos. Aaron Falk returns to his Australian hometown to go to the funeral of his friend, thought to have killed his wife and child before...