Traditional Definition of Morbid: Interest in the bizarre, unhealthy preoccupation with death and disease, and disturbing subjects. New Definition of Morbid: The thoughts we harbor and never act on that make us depressed, fall into debt, abuse substances, drink, lie and cheat. Robin Martinez Rice gives life to the definition: not in the direction of blood splatter (although there are a few guns) or the paranormal (there is a ghost or two) or even death (plenty of that in these tales), but into the heart of human emotions. Thirteen tales of beings who are not so constrained.