Psychological fiction

Gnarled Bones and Other Stories explores five tales of loss, fear, and guilt where the past leaves its shadow on the present and future.

The son of a wealthy family falls into the hands of a charismatic older man obsessed with power and leadership during a summer in the resort town of Waxwood, California.

A woman mourning the death of her father is drawn into the lives of her eccentric and embittered neighbors.

A young woman must cope with her aunt’s mental deterioration during a summer vacation in Waxwood, California.

When an odd little woman from Penelope Alderidice’s past shows up at her funeral, her granddaughter Vivian is forced to search into her grandmother’s past and unearths family secrets and half-truths hidden for forty years.