1. The Map

Mallory was an author--once. Now he's half the man he used to be. Literally: he's a walking, talking skeleton. Yet, inexplicably, he's still alive. How it happened is, well...complicated.

To make matters more confusing, he now works as an assistant for a young girl who can shape-shift, type on his typewriter from afar, and summon creatures out of thin air. And yet, no one else ever seems to notice. So, is Mallory dead or alive? Is magic real, or is he just hallucinating? Tired of wondering, Mallory hires a private detective to find out once and for all. But what the sleuth turns up is far more strange than even a talking skeleton ever expected.