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Darling has its demons. Cherry LaRouche escaped the claws of Darling, Louisiana at sixteen. When she is forced to return after her mother's death, Cherry and her children move back into her childhood home where the walls whisper and something sinister skitters across the roof at night. While Cherry tries to settle back into a town where evil spreads like infection, the bodies of several murdered children turn up. When Cherry's own daughter goes missing, she's forced to confront the true monsters of Darling.

Luna Masterson has spent her life battling demons, making her uniquely qualified to confront the supernatural. When her brother finds himself in trouble with a demon named Sparkles, Luna springs into action, determined to rescue him. With her motorcycle as her trusty steed, she faces the challenges ahead, showcasing her bravery and resourcefulness in a world filled with dark forces.

There is a place where sorrows pile up like snow and rest in your hair like cherry blossoms. Boys have wings, monsters fall in love, women fade into nothingness, and the bones of small children snap like twigs. Darkness will surely devour you--but it will be exquisitely lovely while doing so. Mercedes M. Yardley's "Beautiful Sorrows" is an ephemeral collection encompassing twenty-seven short tales full of devastation, death, longing, and the shining ribbon of hope that binds them all together.