Twelve separate pieces jump inside twelve different and unique perspectives - some tragic, some humorous, some adventurous - in order to offer a glimpse inside the lives of things that otherwise cannot speak for themselves. Here are twelve examples of letting go of fear and feeling into blank pages and painting a vivid picture of where one's consciousness lies in that moment, hoping to transport you someplace else the way it did me.

A collision course of dark comedy, dream narration and a rejection of the status quo, these conflicted beings are exploited during their most dire circumstances. From nursing home turf wars to self-exiled suburbanites to the ironic invention of bears, we get a little taste of the twists and turns of the author's mind, almost like fourteen alter egos, as we stroll through this second offering of Branham's short fiction after 2015's "Feeling Out of Shorts."