> Actually, all the characters are Sethra in various incarnations, but at > the core Sethra is actually a teenage girl who slipped and fell during her > first foray into the world of bondage and as a result slipped into a coma. > All the Vlad books are simply an external manifestation of her unconscious > ramblings. When she wakes up, it all disappears in a poof of logic. > Fortunately, there's a guy with a floopy hat standing by her bedside with > a tape recorder and a brick. Come, now. That is totaly farfetched. The hat isn't all *that* floppy.... <grin> Chris "The morning cup of coffee has an exhilaration about it which the cheering influence of the afternoon or evening cup of tea cannot be expected to reproduce." ~ Oliver Wedell Holmes, Sr. - "Over the Teacups" (1891)