Dead to Me

psy·chom·e·try

1. The power to divine facts concerning an object or person associated with it by touching said object.

2. For Simon Canderous: a giant pain in the neck.

Simon Canderous is blessed—or cursed—with the power of psychometry, and now he’s putting it to good use. After a life of petty crime (hey, it’s not his fault he has an preternaturally infallible sense of an object's worth) and watching his powers destroy any chance of a real relationship, he recently been recruited to work for the Department of Extraordinary Affairs—New York City’s underfunded and (mostly) secret government branch for paranormal investigation. It’s a job caught up in red tape, memos, and office politics, but its not just the paperwork that has Simon breathless…

When Simon spills his coffee on (well, actually through) the mysterious ghost of a dead woman who doesn’t know she’s dead, he and his mentor decide to track down her killers. But Simon’s not at all prepared for the strange and nefarious plot that unfolds before him, one involving the cultists’ rights movement, a large wooden fish, a killer bookcase, a map of Las Vegas, and the forces of Darkness, which kind of have a crush on him.

The Dimension Next Door

Contains a story set in Simon Canderous' world!

13 original stories about the realities just around the corner...

Movements glimpsed out of the corner of your eye, inexplicable sounds, knowledge for which there is no rational explanation, dreams that seem as real as our own everyday life—products of overactive imaginations, or unexpected glimpses into dimensions beyond our own? Join thirteen intrepid writers as they explore those unknown territories that may be found in any of countless Dimensions Next Door.

From a Celtic knot maze that could trap an unwary archaeologist; to an Internet site that offers to bring karmic balance into one man’s life; to a man bespelled to walk the future in the service of his queen—here are tales of the strange, challenging, and often wondrous worlds just waiting to be discovered by those with the ability to perceive them.