"Monstrous families both spooky and sweet. They say that blood is thicker than water, but you may wish iit weren't, if you mom had to drink animal blood to survive. Home is where the heart is, even if your sister lives in another city -- and is a shape-changing monster. What traits do you inherit when you're half undead on your mother's side? ... Wayward Kindred looks at the different ways we relate to our families. Here are stories ... of grief, reconciliation, cooking, and telecome contratcts, all featuring monsters ranging from the gruesome to the adorable."-- Back cover

Prints [by] Rowan MacColl, Gica Tam, Colleen Loges, Te'Shawn Dwyer, Lydia Collins, and Julia Vohl [included at back]. Contents warnings on page [199]

Grounded /Casey Blandford, Val Wise, DJ Chavis, and Nikki Powers -- Ill will / Sunita Balsara and Katie Hicks -- Forked / Seungwoo Baek, Grayson F. Lee, Cam Lopez, and Nikki Powers -- Grain mother / gillian blekkenhorst and Mary Verhoeven -- Uubato / Ardo Omery, Shae Beagle, Caitlin Quirk, and Nikki Powers -- Long-distance sisters / JesnCin -- The egret widow / Goldie Shen, Joyce Chau, and Nikki Powers -- Common grounds and various teas / Amber Huff with words by Sherin Nicole -- From the ground up / K. Kelsay and Nikki Powers -- The god of roadside memorials / Tate Brombal and V. Gagnon. -- Demon from the dusk dimension! / Day Irwin and Izzy Hall -- Meanwhile, back home / Andi Santagata -- Words / Andgela Cole and Cheryl Young -- Sap and seed / H. Pueyo and Dante Luiz -- I remember the flowers from June / Alex Cruz and Sarah Hickey -- Cursed Uncle Teoscar / Meaghan Carter -- Black, white, and walks with the night / Kandace Coston and Tess Eneli Reid.