A murder of crows : seventeen tales of monsters and the macabre
(Book)

"Seventeen Tales of Monsters and the Macabre A collection of short horror, ghost, and dark fantasy stories for adults, woven together by a flock of crows, telling stories to entertain a girl trying to survive a tragedy... A storytelling crow named Machado strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young girl who tells herself stories. Without mate or chicks, he finds in her the daughter he never had. Then one day, evil erupts at the girl?s house. The flock of crows abduct the girl, carrying her to a secret hiding place while all hell breaks loose at home. To comfort her, they tell her stories of ghosts, horror, and hauntings?none of which are as heavy as the story she contains within herself..."--Amazon.com.