When an enigmatic tattooed woman approaches freelance journalist Kyler Withers, he begins remembering a past life as a mage. Once known as Etherwolf, he served a sentient evil known as the Darkness.

Horrified, Kyler fights to keep his humanity. Against him are growing memories of the monster he previously was. Aiding him is the love he rediscovers he had for a powerful mage artist named Sorin. If Kyler cannot overcome his past, he’s afraid he’ll help the Darkness destroy everything, starting with his lover.

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Kyler Withers decided it was safe to teach journalism again when he stopped dreaming of dead children.

He celebrated his decision by leaving his townhouse and driving downtown to pick up a few things. San Jose had grown since he’d lived there as a teenager. The lush orchards that had once dotted the landscape were gone, replaced by a foliage of glass and steel.

Kyler lost himself in this man-made jungle, passing corporate hunter-gatherers and potted trees. It reminded him of the green twilight of South America, where people lived and died under the shadows of…

South America.

He was doing it again. (continue reading…)

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Haunted Gingerbread House

2 sticks butter, room temp. 1½ tsp baking soda

1 C molasses 1 C brown sugar

½ tsp cloves 1 tsp kosher salt

6 C flour 2 eggs, lightly beaten

2 tsp cinnamon 1 tsp vanilla extract

2 tsp ground ginger * 2 tsp candied ginger *

¼ tsp nutmeg

Fight the temptation to just throw all of the ingredients together and stir. Think of this as a spell you’re casting. You do not toss the eye of newt into the cauldron without first putting in the bog water.

I’m kidding about the newt and the cauldron. (continue reading…)