Crocodile Tears Didn't Cause the Flood

Bradley Sides merges the South with the weird in his latest collection of magical realism short stories, Crocodile Tears Didn't Cause the Flood. Here, a boy creates a guide to his beloved pond monster, a parent weighs the consequences of the coming apocalypse, a man protects a jar of delicate moths, a test taker fearlessly faces death, a young woman rejects ownership of her vampire family's farm, a father leaves a letter for his ghost daughter, and a flood of broken robots sparks pure joy. ...