"It was a path made by the honored dead for fools to follow." Fantasy, whimsy, and irony fill this collection of short stories and vignettes by C. Jane Reid, author of the Lola Rose Mysteries and the Donaghue Histories. This anthology includes her first completed novella, The 8th Day, along with "A Fool's Errand" and "Spirits of Iceholm," her two previously published short stories. With more than a dozen stories, many of which are brief forays into science fiction, fantasy, and horror, this anthology showcases the many different genres that the author has written over the years.