A Graveside Gallery

<p><em>A Graveside Gallery: Tales of Ghosts and Dark Matters</em> includes nineteen strange and masterful short fiction stories in this second collection by award-winning author Eric J. Guignard. From hauntings and oblivion to monsters murder and anthropomorphism <em>A Graveside Gallery </em>explores the literary odd and macabre that reside in the vast shadows of our existence.</p><p></p><p>Discover why Eric J. Guignard's beautifully-voiced and disquieting work has been praised by sites such as <em>Library Journal</em> (Guignard captures the depth of emotion underlying fictional terrors) and <em>Publishers Weekly</em> (high-concept and brilliant) as well as the <em>NY Times</em> <em>CNBC News</em> <em>Booklist</em> and more for stories such as these:</p><p></p><p>• 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 Day of the Dead.</p><p></p><p>• In Incident at the Red Hawk Road Stop the owner of a roadside trading post has a deadly secret but so too does the customer he kills.</p><p></p><p>• In Penny's Diner a long haul trucker coming home after an accident stops at a curious diner.</p><p></p><p>• In The Ascending Lights of Yu Lan an embittered sailor in 1917's San Francisco Wharf encounters an immigrant from China who offers peace from ghosts.</p><p></p><p>• 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 generation.</p><p></p><p>• In Perchance to Dream in Voices of a Fiend: A Fanciful Epilogue to Frankenstein an intimate epilogue is suggested to the famous novel <em>Frankenstein</em> offering a more hopeful closure to characters' lives.</p><p></p><p class=ql-align-justify>Those and thirteen other tales explore the fearful and nebulous boundaries of reality. Visit <em>A Graveside Gallery</em> by Eric J. Guignard and behold that which is captivating startling and darkly enriching.</p>