You need to write, I told the newbie writers at the writer's conference. Unused gifts turn to poison. What I didn't tell them was that I was currently drinking that poison myself. Liz Hicks is a mystery writer whose husband, Jack, died a year ago during a motorcycle accident on a rainy, winding mountain road. One of the first things she did after the funeral was investigate his death. She already had a working knowledge of how to kill people: poisons, sniper rifles, drug overdoses, locked rooms, improvised weapons, and, most importantly, how to get away with it. Flashy deaths, interesting methods, exotic motivations. Jack's death, on the other hand, hadn't been the least bit suspicious. Just an ordinary accident. But still. She has to know. Why does Jack's death feel like it wasn't an accident? Six months past Liz's...

Before Lewis Carroll wrote Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, he was humble Charles Dodgson, mathematician at Christ Church college...and a zombie.Kept sane by a serum, chained to an iron ball, considered one of the finest amateur photographers in Britain, and friend to the three charmingly edible daughters of his superior and owner, Dean Liddell, Mr. Dodgson has quite the story to tell.And at least one of the girls, Alice, is entirely willing to listen.Even if it means that her strange zombie friend should have to be killed.

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HOW I MET YOUR ZOMBIE MOTHER...So my daughter's going out on a date with a guy she thinks she's serious about.  Serious.  As if she understands what serious means.  She's a zombie!  We do things differently.  So I'm going to give her a word or two of advice...and the real story about how I met her mother.A short-short story of young zombies in love and well-intentioned parental advice.