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Emma is unhappy at home. Her parents fight and party too much. Her stepsister just moved away, and Emma feels alone. When the mysterious Jester Giraurd appears, he convinces Emma to go with him through Strange Corridors, promising to take her to her older sister. Soon, Emma encounters many bizarre creatures, such as the Hanged Man, the Talking Crow, and the Woman In Black. With her newfound friends Paul and Orgo, Emma tries to rescue children shanghaied through the Strange Corridors. But can they defeat the evil Drake Sisters and bring the children to freedom?

Evelina Giles is a witch chosen by magic, just like her father. She operates a shop in a sleepy college town in Virginia. When a businessman approaches Evelina for a spell so he can steal a project from his boss, Evelina’s practical joke turns deadly. Or did it? Now, along with her assistant Mungo and her journalist friend Jeanie, Evelina must investigate not one, but multiple murders.

Odarko, Oklahoma, 1956. Scratch Williams is a Yardbird: someone employed to do menial jobs, legal or otherwise. After oil tycoon George Spiff hires him to break up the relationship between his daughter and her newest conquest, a fight breaks out. Later, Scratch wakes up in his car, with the body of the boyfriend lying next to him.