Echoes We Forgot/Fox and the Flame

Two stories in one book!

The first: In a world where ghosts are goofy, mischievous, and sometimes heartbreakingly human, one mismatched trio of investigators has spent their days wrangling vending machines, haunted camp counselors, and sentient foot-ticklers. But when a forgotten town beckons from the edge of memory—a place where time folds in on itself and even the living forget they exist—they’re pulled into a final confrontation with something ancient, hungry, and familiar.

From laugh-out-loud absurdity to chilling revelations, this story is a love letter to friendship, resilience, and the weirdness that holds the universe together when nothing else makes sense.

No turning back. No flashlights left. Only the truth—and each other.

The second: A burned jazz club. A forgotten ledger. A city on the brink of erasure.

When archivist Clara Bellamy uncovers a mysterious book beneath the ruins of a long-lost speakeasy, she stumbles into a hidden war not of flesh and blood—but of memory. Names vanish. Histories fracture. And the city of Chicago begins to forget itself.

Tied to the legacy of a long-dead mobster known only as The Fox, Clara must navigate a world where mercy comes with a cost, silence holds power, and remembering the truth could be the only way to save reality from unraveling.

Some flames are too sacred to extinguish. Some names, too dangerous to forget.