Wicken Taylor

Violet Butterfield: Makeup Artist for the Dead

Violet Butterfield, a mortician beautician, receives a visit from a new client and discovers that sometimes a person feels they cannot authentically live their best life until after they're dead.

Cramps! A Period Piece

Agnes Applewhite, a blossoming young woman caught between her sanctimonious mother and tightly wound sister, defies her family’s expectations by taking a job as a shampoo girl at a lively beauty salon. As she thrives in this new colorful world, she is suddenly confronted by debilitating menstrual cramps that become real-life monsters, blurring the line between reality and nightmare.

The Candy Lady

Debra, a neighborhood candy lady whose quiet day goes awry when she, unbeknownst to her, awakens a magical typewriter bringing all of her short stories to life.