Darkening Skies
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Acknowledgements
ESTEEMED READERS, Darkening Skies is the book of my heart. It combines everything I love and more, and I poured everything I had into writing it. But books don’t get made just because the writer is passionate about them, and the ones that do don’t always turn out good. Every mistake in this book is my fault, but everything awesome in it is the result of several amazing warrior artists and demon beasts from around the Horned Serpent Valley. They deserve all the credit and praise for Darkening Skies’s existence, so let’s give it to them:
God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit, Who drank the cup of wrath so an untouchable like me could drink the cup of joy, so sweet and undeserved.
The Op boys and girl, Kensey, Ronny, and Will, the second most important trinity always in my heart.
Master Mark, Master Natalie, and everybody at the dojang for humoring my awkward flailing.
The Shadow Alley family, for the encouragement and support and for not tearing their hair out every time I come to them with another book of my heart. I’m just so very proud to be here.
Adam, Mark, Zack, and Tamara, for making me sound way smarter and cooler than I am.
The diehard readers and bleeders who make releasing new books into the world a never-ending thrill ride—Silvia, Mandy, Michael, Doc F, Rebecca, Sara, Anders, and The One Man Stand Against Man Buns & Man Purses.
Tim McBain and LT Vargus, for letting me splash around in their pool while we talked craft and literary theory to our hearts’ content.
And my Joshua—sparring partner, beloved chieftain, pretty face, prettier brain, and living embodiment of the principles of our Path. Five years ago, when I published my first book, I made him a promise, and it’s finally come true.
Copyright
Darkening Skies is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
Copyright © 2019 by eden Hudson and Shadow Alley Press, Inc.
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About the Author
I am invincible. I am a mutant. I have 3 hearts and was born with no eyes. I had eyes implanted later. I didn't have hands, either, just stumps. When my eyes were implanted they asked if I would like hands as well and I said, "Yes, I'll take those," and pointed with my stump. But sometimes I'm a hellbender peeking out from under a rock. When it rains, I live in a music box. But I'm also a tattoo addict, coffee junkie, drummer, and aspiring skateboarder. Jesus actually is my homeboy.
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