silverbirch a tear in the fabric of the night sky part i by eating an extremely rare mushroom that has a red lightning bolt image naturally builtin to its blackgilled underbelly nudge discovers he can create a tear in the fabric of the night sky that will allow his soul to legally leave earth and enter silverbirch a murder story with a devilish twistnick wants a cell phone so he can talk to his girlfriend jen after school but he doesnt have a lot of money the used phone he buys seems like a bargain until the phone calls beginstrangers calling night and day some begging for help others making demands nick wants to get rid of the phone but something prevents him and soon he finds himself committing crimesstealing conning and killing