In 2007 she decided to take her work in a new direction. Bridging traditional art genres, Marilyn is collaborating with several other Bay Area artists to create a picture-book using the aesthetic of conceptual fashion-photography. She is collaborating with photographers Norma Cordova and Angela DeCenzo, artist Stephani Martinez, and featuring Jenny Allford on a book that will come out Halloween 2009. "Relations that Suck: The Story of Eva and Dries" is short story illustrated with 35 photos. Living in a world that doesn’t appreciate them, a couple of misfits, a creative vampire who likes people and a traveling spider who disdains web-spinning, form a friendship built on complimentary dysfunctions.