Don’t stereotype, Jenks. HAPA is an equal-opportunity hate group,” I said.

the mad have a grace all their own

Get your hand off me,” I exclaimed, voice loud with misplaced anger as I yanked away from his grip. “I’m a professional, not some distraught girlfriend.” Well, I was that too, but I knew how to act at a crime scene.

I was cold, hungry, and in a hole in the ground. But at least I had my elven porn, damnit!

Good Lord, I thought, squinting at the bright glare of a late-July morning. No wonder I slept through this. It was noisy with shrieking birds, and already hot.

You bet your Grannie's Panties I will.

she thought I could find a way to save her soul when she died and became an undead. Right now, I was just looking to find the rent money. I’d get to my roommate’s soul later.