A Charming Alphabet for Rational People

By Margaret Racine

This richly-illustrated collection of horror and dark fantasy brings together tales of an innocent-looking fruit, a coterie of truly unfortunate scientists, and two sisters haunted by a witch's curse. But you needn't fear such things, nor the mysterious book that entices an innocent child, the unusual creature found alone in a backwoods cottage, or the hidden chamber containing a very special ball of yarn. After all, you are one of the rational people...aren't you?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Margaret Racine
• Release date: May 27, 2022
• ISBN: 9781005928506

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A Charming Alphabet For Rational People

Copyright 2022 Margaret Racine

Published by Margaret Racine at Smashwords

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Dedicated to Alice Cooper, whose blood runs through everything I write.

The Letters:

A is for Apricot

B is for Bus

C is for Corpse

D is for Down

E is for Experiment

F is for Frozen

G is for Gelatinous

H is for Hate

I is for Inside

J is for Jovial

K is for King

L is for Listen

M is for Moon

N is for Needles

O is for Overlord

P is for Pain

Q is for Quokka

R is for Robot

S is for Stone

T is for Talking

U is for Unicorn

V is for Vertigo

W is for Walls

X is for X Marks the Spot

Y is for Yarn

Z is for Zealous

~A is for Apricot~

The apricot is a perfectly nice fruit. It does not contain thousands of small, wiggly, alive things that taste like armpit sweat and cigarette butts. You have not swallowed them. They are not writhing deep inside you right now. They are not hungry.

Have another bite.

~B is for Bus~

Here comes your bus!

This bus has been specifically designated to take you from the place you don’t want to leave to the place you don’t want to go.

The driver has never hated you more.

The smell is something that technically won’t kill you, so don’t worry about it too much.

The stranger sitting nearest to you is exactly who you’re afraid they are.

This might be the wrong bus, actually. Is it too late to get off? What was that awful noise?

And what happened to the door?

~C is for Corpse~

One thing I know for sure. I am not a corpse.

This is all a huge misunderstanding. Or