A Graveside Gallery: Tales of Ghosts and Dark Matters

From hauntings and oblivion to monsters, murder and anthropomorphism, A Graveside Gallery: Tales of Ghosts and Dark Matters, by award-winning author Eric J. Guignard, explores the literary odd and macabre that reside in the vast shadows of our existence. In "A Kingdom of Sugar Skulls and Marigolds," a gay Hispanic teen in 1950s Los Angeles, mourning the loss of a friend, has a chance to make amends during the Day of the Dead. In "Bummin' to the Beat of the Road," a Beat-era youth leaves home to travel the land, only to find madness, murder, and the teeth of a new generationIn "The Ascending Lights of Yu Lan," an embittered sailor in 1917s San Francisco Wharf encounters an immigrant from Chia who offers peace from ghosts. In "Perchance to Dream in Voices of a Fiend," an intimate epilogue is suggested to the famous novel Frankenstein, offering a more hopeful closure to characters' lives.... and fifteen masterful others.