Two scientists plan a coffee date with decidedly mixed results… A precocious young man turns to forbidden magic to medicate his chronic illness… One resurrection man contends with the most important body of all… YOU ARE NOT YOUR BONES and Lesser Misfortunes is a collection of Alice Scott’s first seven short stories, originally published in various magazines and anthologies from 2020 to 2024: -A Professional Relationship -Playing Possum -The Killing of Christian Pacey -SPITE, or: More Human in the Grave -WIDOWER -The Importance of Properly Tending One’s Flowers -Eggshell Girls As well as the never before seen titular story You Are Not Your Bones, all collected into a single volume for the first time.