The author relates how old Mr. Sweet, though often on the verge of dying, could always be revived by the loving attention that she and her brother gave him.

"The fundamental inanity of existence has already pierced my heart, and I know now that only cakes have any savor." In a tiny room under the Parisian rooftops, a precocious student concocts a rather unusual plan for a simple task: suicide. A dizzying array of desserts--pastries, chocolates, cookies, custards and more--are the instruments of her demise. A Sweet Death is the macabre and humorous record of a young woman's eccentric progression. A rumination on life, literature, philosophy, fashion, love, and--most importantly--food. By turns sumptuous, horrific and hopeful, Claude Tardat's novel is an original and compelling exploration of what it means to be alive.

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Gertrude Atherton was born in San Francisco and lived much of her life in California. A best-selling author at the time she is remembered today mainly for the novels and short stories she set in her home state. However, she also wrote stories if the weird and supernatural. The best of them - notable for what S. T. Joshi describes as "the power of their ideas and the subtlety of their execution" - are gathered together for the first time in this collection.

Spanning a period of thirty years, a collection of eighteen short stories includes "Silence of the Llano,' "In search of Epifano," and "Children of the Desert."