"Run, Star Girl." Bryony Adams is destined to be murdered , but fortunately Fate has terrible marksmanship. In order to survive, she must run as far and as fast as she can. After arriving in Seattle, Bryony befriends a tortured musician, a market fish-thrower, and a starry-eyed hero who is secretly a serial killer bent on fulfilling Bryony's dark destiny. Mercedes M. Yardley's Pretty Little Dead Girls: A Novel of Murder and Whimsy is a dark, lovely fairy tale with lyrical language and a high body count , and features a cover by Hugo award-winner Galen Dara. Includes "Oliver Bloom" by Ryan Johnson, a short story featuring characters from Pretty Little Dead Girls .