'Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart' takes readers on a surreal journey through a collection of dark fairytales and fractured folklore. Each story examines the inherent abomination of human passion and yearning, with themes of love, terror, and the monstrous within. From the forbidden summer love of two teenagers at a malevolent roadside attraction to the bizarre case of a zombie rooster detective, these narrations weave the grotesque into the fabric of the extraordinary. A woman undergoes a chilling transformation to sate her partner's artistic vision, while a group of school children dabble in the occult to expel an unwelcome peer. A vampire and a goat woman seek companionship amidst public misunderstanding, illustrating the tales' continuous dance around the hunger to be understood and the fear of overexposure. GennaRose Nethercott's prose breathes life into these unusual characters and their twisted worlds, compelling readers to reconsider the definition of a beast, and yearn for a beautifully shattered heart.