The collected dark fantasy fiction of Award-Winning Author Jeffrey Lyman including the brand-new story "Immortal Evelyn"
Cauterize the Wound A noted professor at a Victorian medical college learns that truth is not always empirical, nor can all reality be weighed and measured, when lore and legend undeniably prove themselves as fact in his operating theatre.
Down on the Playground It isn't all fun and games when you see more than just dead people. Elsi's vision reveals forces of power and while she doesn't always understand what she sees, she has enough sense to know that when the lines between madness and reality cross, sometimes you just need to back away.
The Quartered Man An overconfident young trader disregards sage warnings to avoid particular crossroads and finds himself in a battle of wits with a malevolent spirit thirsting for revenge.
Immortal Evelyn A battle for supremacy fractures more than just a country when magic is involved. Can Evelyn put the pieces back together before things get worse to the infinite power?
