Eden CloseAndrew, an advertising executive in his mid 30s, returns to his hometown in upstate New York for his mother's funeral. He does not intend to stay in the slow rural backwater he left seventeen years before. But the dreams and memories persist and in the darkened farmhouse he relives that hot, bloody night when Eden Close was blinded by the same gun that killed her father. The enigmatic Eden had been Andrew's childhood companion. Together the two roamed

the ugly duckling who grew into a swan

the dragon is upon them

A sunflower missing a petal becomes the tortured artist Van Gogh

Henrik Fexeus combines his own expert knowledge as a mentalist with psychology studies to create a complete guide to social interaction

which is unacceptable

The names mentioned are merely temptations

but the time comes when Lotus must be a true friend to him--by encouraging him to migrate with the rest of the cranes

daily life at home

a cat who can sniff out the dying and the tale of Slender Man

Art has changed

then a land bridge

including climate change and soaring healthcare costs