About the StoriesFrom author Jessica Shattuck comes a compilation of disturbing, bizarre, and occasionally tender stories of strength and oppression. In Blueberry & Sky, it is music that carries a girl through the loss of her father. Poison follows a drug dealer's satisfying descent into Hell. In Whistle, a clown comes into power while society deteriorates into a dark circus. Pumpkin is a fairy tale style portrait of a child bride. In other stories, characters find love through sacrifice; freedom in death; and the power that comes from having nothing left to lose.