Beautiful Sorrows
"Beautiful Sorrows... delicate prose with devastating impact.Mercedes Yardleyis a femaleJoe Hill, and I fear her 'Broken' will haunt me to my grave." --F. Paul Wilson,New York TimesBestselling Author ofThe KeepandThe Tomb"Mercedes Yardley'sdebut collection,Beautiful Sorrows, holds its hands  out, palms up, no tricks, no irony, no clever retreats from honest emotions. Life's travails inhabit these pages, and she renders them beautifully."  --Christopher Barzak, author ofOne for SorrowandThe Love We Share Without Knowing"Mercedes M. Yardleyhas the Right Stuff. She demonstrates that in her wonderful collection of short stories:Beautiful Sorrows. Each story is a different kind of gem, the bagful priceless." --Gene O'Neill, Bram Stoker Award™-winning Author ofThe Taste of TenderloinandDouble Jack"