Violet Hopes is a collection of short stories resulting from the question: "What do a violet (flower or color), something living turning to stone, ash or dust, and a sweet life have in common?" Collected here are the results from a group of those authors who took up the challenge. Seventeen authors. Less than thirty days. Each in a different direction. From a violet as a harbinger of ill to a beacon of hope. From dust being the end of a sweet live or the begging of one, to an unfortunate side effect. Join us as we look at how a life can be sweet and violet.