Truly Butcher is on her way back home after another failed relationship. Left with no money, no job, and no friends, she has only her mother for support. But her mother's been acting...strange—violent even. Faced with her mother's declining health and the realization that these behaviors are more than just the "normal aging process", Truly has to unearth ancestral secrets if she wants to save both her mom and herself. A Better Grave than This is a standalone installment in A Horde of Dead Poets collection featuring seven authors and their stories inspired by famous literary poems. If you find yourself steering toward a dark, mysterious, isolated location, or if family curses haunt you and unreliable narrators keep you in suspense, you won’t want to miss a single volume in this gripping collection. Perfect for fans of T. Kingfisher, Simone St. James, Stephen King, and Shirley Jackson.