"Stephen King's Thinner serves up the story of a 300-pound attorney with an inflated ego to match. A 109-year-old gypsy with a supernatural ax to grind. And a dose of deadly revenge that compels its victim to eat now ... and pay later"--Container.

Whirlpool of fate: after the suspicious death of her father a young girl runs away from her brutal uncle and joins a gypsy camp. "Nana": A women rises from poverty to become a dance hall queen and courtesan in 1860s Paris, destroying the lives of the men who fall in love with her.

The oldest and cutest of a group of rebellious orphans, July Abbott is provided with funds for her education and well-being by a mysterious benefactor whom she christens "Daddy-long-legs."

This is a story of supernatural terror and countdown to the ultimate payback. A 109-year old gypsy, hell-bent on revenge, exacts a curse so shocking it compels its victim to gorge himself in an effort to avoid shrinking away to nothingness. With time running out and a torture so bizarre and powerful, even death seems a more likely option.

To support her family in their cross-country travels, Annie Caldash arranges to marry wealthy gypsies before absconding with their money and moving on to the next town. When the Caldash clan arrives in Los Angeles, she meets Stephano, brother of a gypsy king. She ends up wanting to marry him out of love but he decides to skip town. When he returns, she and Marco are romantically involved and it's up to him to win her back.