Cindypen

Ryan Banks, a skilled wizard, and a private investigator should be happy that business is pretty good for a change but now, he is getting more than he bargained for. 
In a duel with the Red Court of Vampires' champion, who must annihilate him to end the war between vampires and wizards, Professional hit men using him for target practice, the missing Shroud of Turin, a handless and headless corpse at the Ohio police, not to mention the return of Ryan's ex-girlfriend Marilyn, who is still battling with her semi-vampiric nature, and who seems to have a new man in her life. 
Should Ryan run for his life Or stand to face whatever follow?

The Wizard's Way

Sunken windows are high on each of the four walls, and one is on the wall of the bathroom.

I decorate in textures more than I do in colors; there were thick rugs all over the bare stone floors, layered on top of one another in most places.

Demon acid had burned away most of my furniture, and I had been obliged to scavenge secondhand stores for replacements. I like furniture with a lot of old wood and soft cloth, and I had made my purchases accordingly.

the oldest tapestries that I could find, covering the bare stone. In the ruddy firelight, the oranges and browns and reds that constituted the primary colors of the decor didn't look half bad.

I went over to the fireplace and built up the fire. October in Chicago is a cold, breezy month, and my dank little haven is usually chilly until I get a fire going.

I dropped a few logs on the fire, and

Mortal Business