Gracey Daylittle is an empathic pie maker with a unique kind of magic. Ever since she and her sister found the Prime of Darkness lying unconscious on the side of the road, their lives— and their town— haven’t been the same.
Marco Flores is an eight year old with a curious menagerie of friends and an eerie connection to the spirit world.
Lilac & Lakmei Applewhite, a disturbingly similar pair, have moved to town to rebuild the burned-down, historic church. The flickering light coming from their office window never seems to go out.
Like folks in any small town, their lives touch and intersect in innocuous but often profound ways.
These are a few residents of the quiet, west Texas town of Love & War. And these are their stories.
All’s Fair in Love & War began as a transmedia fiction project chronicling the stories of a small Texas town and the unusual folks who live there. I had intended the website to house a handful of sporadic vignettes that supplemented the 6-part novel series. It grew larger than that, and now the stories presented here are, more or less, a sneak peek into the third novel of the series. I may get back to my original idea, but there’s only so much time in the day. Right now, the website is a taste of the book series, a somewhat inaccurate and out-of-order introduction to the town and people of Love & War.
Currently, I’m working on book 2. Book 1, titled Demons Fall for Pie (Every Time) will be available on Amazon some time in the near-ish future. Maybe summer 2012. Let’s aim for that.
Enjoy your stay in Love & War.