'They drink up the blood between our legs, the milk from the chest and pick their teeth with our ribs and ask for seconds.'A Casket Full of Flowers is a collection of tales of monsters and flowers. Blood and beauty meet in these short stories that seek to explore destiny, gender and what truly makes us 'monstrous.' While a fox corpse is at first a gruesome sight, one day plant-life, born from the compost of the corpse, will push through the earth and intertwine with the bo...

In the Kingdom of Sweethearth, two queens are locked in an eternal battle for the throne. Their daughters, the Rose Princess Hanna and Iris Princess Dori fight to break the curse that threatens to one day make them enemies for life. A kindly old Priestess from the mysterious world of Earth shows them the way, promising them that if they have the strength and courage, there is a way to break the curse. To return a powerful magical object known as the Lavender Bracer, one of the many Bracers...

A mother’s own childhood experiences of bigotry are triggered when her son is picked on for the colour of his skin. Another mother pre-judges a parent at the school drop-off on the basis of her appearance. A disparate group of travellers on the trans-Siberian railway in the 1930s share memories of Chinese culture, history and politics. And an Australian-Chinese visitor finds herself both fascinated and estranged riding a subway in modern-day China.Moon Orchard presents a r...

Mary Shelley, creator of Frankenstein, steps into the afterlife and, through tortured eyes, tells you what she sees.Vincent Van Gogh. H.P Lovecraft. Edgar Allen Poe. Each of their stories of the afterlife are brought to life with poetic prose within the pages of Black Sunflower. Their regrets, loves and losses, all bound within flowing descriptions of heartbreak and death. Each recounting of the afterlife is accompanied by a water-coloured illustration, filled with their pain and th...