It’s hard to imagine that one person could actually write an entire book without a long lifetime of influences. My personality and proclivities have been formed by family, friends, teachers, mentors, and experiences—horrific, sublime, and most everything between. My great thanks to all of the above and more, most particularly the very patient Al Cratty, Wordcrafters in Eugene, the Ghost Story Weekend gang, and Matthew Lowes for the genius of the Labyrinth of Souls.