The Curious Crystal

In this titillating memoir Larkspur Ishmael Benhorn is smitten and then bitten by the deliciously deadly Count Zoltan Apponyi. Larkspur must cope with the indignities of the "living impaired and fainting at the sight of blood." Larkspur snags Zoltan's crystal ring, a conduit to the magical world of Cornucopia. To escape, Zoltan's wrath, Larkspur retreats to his family plantation in the steamy Louisiana bayou resplendent with ghosts, fairies and other night creatures. Larkspur becomes embroiled with his family's mayhem and madness. Zoltan follows the hapless Larkspur to get back his precious ring and elicit revenge. Caught up in cosmic and carnal quandaries, Larkspur asks - can't a dead guy just have fun?