The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories by Tim Burton fiction A woman too busy to

A woman too busy to notice her heart slipping away

But Alison grew up with her mother’s alcoholism and violent abuse and is reluctant to unearth these traumatic memories

and not even of the house itself

eating human meat—“special meat”—is legal

Ava and Imogen

The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories by Tim Burton fiction A woman too busy toFrom breathtaking stop action animation to bittersweet modern fairy tales, filmmaker Tim Burton has become known for his unique visual brilliance witty and macabre at once. Now he gives birth to a cast of gruesomely sympathetic children misunderstood outcasts who struggle to find love and belonging in their cruel, cruel worlds. His lovingly lurid illustrations evoke both the sweetness and the tragedy of these dark yet simple beings hopeful, hapless