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A quiet little town. A twisted mind lurking. Three souls tied together in a brutal killing spree. Twelve-year-old Eli Wright's vivid imagination is his escape... until his strange neighbor demands he help bury a young couple she killed, or she'll slaughter his family. As a sinister wind whispers secrets and shadows hide terrifying truths, Eli is drawn into a nightmare he may not escape. Meanwhile, librarian Julie Baker fled to Darling to start over after her mother's notorious death years ago. But the past returns with a vengeance when Julie's aunt dies under mysterious circumstances.

Her devastating regret. A haunted hotel. Will she find redemption or stumble into the path of a killer? Florence Noelle can’t move on. After nine years weighed down with guilt over her role in her best friend’s death, she’s desperate to contact her friend’s ghost and beg forgiveness. When she stays at a notoriously paranormal book-themed resort to perform a dangerous ritual, she accidentally summons the ghost of another woman who may have been murdered.

In this heartfelt and deeply reflective memoir, Matt Jones invites readers into a life shaped by family, loss, resilience, and the quiet power of gratitude. From the orchards and barns of a small Oregon farm to moments of solitude in adulthood, his story unfolds as a tapestry of memory woven with music, laughter, hardship, and enduring love. Growing up as the youngest of seven in a vibrant, larger-than-life family, Matt often found himself observing from the sidelines, learning life’s lessons through the triumphs and struggles of those around him.

They stick out. They change the conversation. They challenge the traditional narrative. They are outcasts - isolated, different, misunderstood. Being normal is nice. But being an outcast is a real part of the human experience. Have you have ever had the feeling of being alone in some way, of being on the outside looking in? If so, then the characters in these short stories will move you - sometimes by their depravity, sometimes by their sorrow...and sometimes by their joy.