Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart: And Other Stories

by GennaRose Nethercott

there remains contention among doctors as to what makes women lose their human bodies and become houses. Certain camps within the medical community claim that it isn’t an actual occurrence at all, but merely psychosomatic. A feminine overreaction. Pure drama.

Fact: Ghosts say “Boo” because Abe Lincoln, the first ghost, tried to call out to his killer, Booth, but was stopped short by death.