Hell's Garden: Mad, Bad and Ghostly Gardeners

By April Grey

The word garden evokes the image of a place of peace and moderation--the opposite of discord. A gardener decides what plants to cultivate and what is a weed to be destroyed.
But what if the gardeners themselves run amok?
Both "Gunda's Gnomes" and "When the Devil Came to Hell's Kitchen" ask what to do with bullies in community gardens.
In "The Orchid" a young woman discovers a new way to look at weeding.
While in "Round and Round the Garden" a girl plays with her friend with disastrous results--our Bad Gardeners.
In "Ten Minutes Till Deadtime" mysterious messages draw a man to his back yard.
Finally, in "Compost" a family is threatened by a specter in their family vegetable plot.
These six dark and fantastic tales explore the various paths evil can take when in Hell's Garden.

• Language: English
• Publisher: April Grey
• Release date: Dec 27, 2013
• ISBN: 9781311738820

April Grey

April Grey lives in NYC with her husband and son. The first part of her adult life was spent working in the theatre as a director, literary manager and asso. artistic producer. She supported her theatre habit with work in law firms as a paralegal. The later part of her life was spent being a wife, mother, educator and writer.Her collection of short stories, The Fairy Cake Bake Shop and 13 Other Weird Tales can be found on Amazon. Her novel, Chasing the Trickster, by Eternal Press can be found there as well.

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