Pretty Little Dead Girls (22 page)

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BIOGRAPHY

Mercedes M. Yardley is a dark fantasist who wears stilettos, red lipstick, and poisonous flowers in her hair. She is the author of the short story collection
Beautiful Sorrows,
the novellas
Apocalyptic Montessa and Nuclear Lulu: A Tale of Atomic Love
and
Little Dead Red,
and the novels
Nameless: The Darkness Comes
and
Pretty Little Dead Girls: A Novel of Murder and Whimsy.
She often speaks at conferences and teaches workshops on several subjects, including personal branding and how to write a novel in stolen moments. Mercedes lives and works in Sin City with her family and menagerie of Strange and Unusual Pets. You can reach her at www.abrokenlaptop.com.

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