The gates to faery are just around the corner.

The bite of cold winter air. The darkness of the longest night. The warmth of a flickering candle flame…

Do you love magic? Do you long for a world that is like ours, but...
not quite?

The icy cold of a winter’s day. The darkness of the longest night. The brightness of lights, reflected in puddles on a city sidewalk.

Magic defies space and transcends time. These stories reach into the past, open up the present, and imagine the future.

Magicians, peep show dancers, lonely men, lost girls, and Death Herself walk through these five magical tales.