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Dead Man's Touch
The illustrations herein are promotional images for a project with writer Dee Caples. The title for the book, Shadows of Death, first came to me while I was still writing. I intended it to be part of a series of books titled Dead Man's Touch . Shadows of Death would have been a subtitle. The overall concept of the series concerns a man who sees a shadow figure he suspects is the Angel of Death. Before his own death he recalls an old family superstition that before you die you will see a raven three times. Upon his death he finds himself in the Shadow Realm and is escorted by a raven to Mortis, who explains that for his soul to be freed from its body he must touch it. If the Reaper does not, the soul will remain trapped with its corpse. The Reaper goes on to explain that he has been chosen to replace him, but he must choose to do so. The responsibility cannot be forced upon him. He must make a choice soon, as Mortis is dissipating. After some time together, learning what his re