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Jan Vincent, a young and naïve waitress at a local diner, has always dreamed of the big time; being a famous horror movie star and getting out of the small, one-horse town that has kept her prisoner for so long - and away from her abusive, alcoholic father. Her story was not a particularly original one: a small town girl moves to the Big City to follow her dream of becoming a star. Hundreds of people had done the same thing so many times with varying degrees of success, but Jan really thought she had what it takes.

A war veteran turned street vigilante deals out his own brand of justice after his fiancée is murdered; two damaged people looking for love in all the wrong places find each other in the most unlikely place; a street hustler turned fledgling serial killer, deformed at birth, dons the facial skin of her victims in order to be beautiful; the ghost of a murder victim seeks the help of a high school crush to bring her killer to justice.

Although incorporated with a fictional character - Romeo, the Valentine Serial Killer - Memoirs of a Serial Killer is otherwise based on true events, the history culled from numerous real-life interviews, court transcripts and eye witness accounts. An unflinching look into the mind of one of the most vicious serial killers in American history, Memoirs of a Serial Killer chronicles the murderous exploits as Romeo, tiring of his boring and normal life as a respected member of the community, takes a "road trip", his own code word for a killing rampage.

In these hilarious and thought-provoking stories from today’s top middle grade authors, fourteen young people are each coping with a recently discovered minor superpower. One can shape-shift—but only part of her body, and only on Mondays. Another can always tell when an avocado is perfectly ripe. One can even hear the thoughts of animals in the pet store—which can be about as heart-tugging as you might imagine.