Animals -- Jacob -- Plum pie. Zombie green. Yellow bee. Purple monster. -- In the dark -- Little deaths -- The beginning of the world in the middle of the night -- Pebbles -- Aunt Libby's coffin hotel -- Sea devils -- Human satellites -- Bright white hearts

Stories of family and magic, lost souls and superstition. Spirits in jam jars, mini-apocalypses, animal hearts and side shows. Mermaids are on display at the local aquarium. A girl runs a coffin hotel on a remote island. A boy is worried his sister has two souls. And a couple are rewriting the history of the world