A Nickel and A Trinket

A nickel and a trinket…small price for a second chance at life. Stefan works street corners around town, giving strangers the gift of their Time of Death in exchange for a nickel. Soon, his talent becomes famous, and Stefan is known around the world as Tod, The Death Psychic. But surrounded by innumerable fans, Stefan's anthropophobia becomes crippling. When Stefan is named the prime suspect in a missing persons investigation, he flees from the spotlight and riots erupt across the world. Now, Stefan must choose between returning to his rabid fans or watching as the world burns. Mona has worked the streets from a young age. Now years later, she fights to free as many lives as she can from the fate she suffered as a child. But a guilt that’s quietly eating away at her is brought to light when Stefan, the alluring boy from her past, comes back. When a dangerous hooded figure has his sights set out to destroy all her efforts, Desdamona must rely on the one person she’s afraid to get close to or watch as everything she’s built is set aflame. A Nickel and A Trinket explores humanity's strange magnetism with death, the struggle to outgrow the shadows of the past, and the magic that brings together a patchwork of people to form a family.