Young Kristoff Kane is pretty much raising himself after the brutal slaying of his mother and his absentee father's subsequent decent into alcoholism. But Kristoff isn't entirely alone. He has his best friend Willie and when they discover a hidden envelope of small black seeds, they also unleash a nightmare creature which may or may not be on Kristoff's side. This story, previously published in the now out-of-print award-winning collection 13 Thorns, is a perfect representation of Ranalli's unsettling short fiction.
Author
Gina Ranalli is the author of several novels, including Mothman Emerged, Rumors of My Death, Praise the Dead, House of Fallen Trees, Suicide Girls in the Afterlife, Chemical Gardens, Wall of Kiss, and Mother Puncher. Her collection, 13 Thorns (with Gus Fink) won the Wonderland Book Award for Best Story Collection of 2007. Her short stories have appeared in numerous publications including Bits of the Dead, The Beast Within, Horror Library Volume 3, and Dead Science, among others. Gina lives in Washington state where she is working on her next novel. You can communicate with her online at www.ginaranalli.com and on twitter at http://twitter.com/GinaRanalli
