Bella Holliday

“Unwisely, Santa offered a teddy bear to James, unaware
he had been mauled by a grizzly earlier this year.”
― Tim Burton, The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories

“The Boy with Nails in His Eyes
put up his aluminum tree.
It looked pretty strange
because he couldn't really see.”
― Tim Burton, The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories

“My name is Jimmy,
but my friends just call me
the hideous penguin boy.”
― Tim Burton, The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories

“They took a baseball bat
and whacked open his head.
Mummy Boy fell to the ground;
he finally was dead.
Inside of his head
were no candy or prizes,
just a few stray beetles
of various sizes.”
― Tim Burton, The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories