Jonathan Byrd

                                          In Reverie, memory takes many forms-etched in steel, carried on wind, whispered through time, and inked in the fragile folds of the heart. A grief-stricken sister seeks payback, armed with a kill kit. Another woman strives for validation with a nose job. A financially strapped vampire and his manservant seek a salve. Two hurricane survivors come together in emotional communion.
A samurai's legacy hangs over his family and Imperial Japan. Rap, hip hop, and being called "Karen" fuel a professor's payback. Bees and ghosts linger in a Southern town. A woman grapples with resurrection, lineage, and cosmic legacies as the clock ticks. These are the tales that abound in Transcendent Authors' Reverie, a kaleidoscope of characters seeking something new among their miasma of setbacks.  With tones ranging from heartfelt to haunting, wry to wondrous, Reverie invites you to linger in the momentswhere past and future kiss-those fleeting instants that define who we are.