If you love short stories

Tunneling to the Center of the Earth: Stories by Kevin Wilson

In Kevin Wilson's first collection of short stories-characters inhabit a world that moves seamlessly between the real and the imagined, the mundane and the fantastic. I am not sure I think of this as Southern Gothic...but then I don't think you have to fit writing into "genres"...only if your a book store

"Grand Stand-In" is narrated by an employee of a Nuclear Family Supplemental Provider—a company that supplies "stand-ins" for families with deceased, ill, or just plain mean grandparents. And in "Blowing Up On the Spot," a young man works sorting tiles at a Scrabble factory after his parents have spontaneously combusted.

"Tunneling to the Center of the Earth"...the narrator laments that no one told him that a college degree should lead to employment if he had known that would he have majored in Morse Code (is this a long labored sentence)

After graduation he and two friends spend the summer digging tunnels under the small town where his parents live

Or the Worst case scenario company...that will model for you worst that can happen

"Birds in the house"-dysfunctional family constructs 1000 origami birds to decide who inherits...four sons of a father who owned exploding cows

“The Dead Sister Handbook: A Guide for Sensitive Boys” an experimental story about how you handle the death of an older sister-especially one that have practiced kissing

“The Shooting Man” the narrator can not resist seeing a traveling "circus" where a man shoots himself in the face and blows off the top of his head...the next night does it again...hm

“Mortal Kombat” one the strongest stories about a different explosion two "nerd/geeks" explore their sexuality and play Mortal Kombat...