What Happened to the Oranges?—Whispers Before the Scream

This collection gathers fifteen stories that move between humor, horror, tenderness, absurdity, and quiet revelation. From campground epiphanies to city‑maze panic, from vampires on cleanup duty to writers trapped in their own nightmares, from mischievous lab echoes to stuffies navigating heartbreak, each tale explores the strange, human, and often unexpected ways we collide with compassion, consequence, and the choices that shape us. What Happened to the Oranges? is a journey through the offbeat edges of everyday life — where mercy, mystery, and meaning roll in from directions you never saw coming.