Fantastic Stories of Love and Longing A collection of visionary stories about finding your true home. The second edition of The Way Home includes the title novella and eight short stories. All the characters are seeking what is lost, and the clues they follow peek out from just beyond the veil. Whether they are chased by skeletons, stalked by telepathic wolves, or waiting for a mythical bird to appear, the characters in The Way Home see more than meets the eye. A metaphysical treat for those who like their stories off the beaten path, their fantasy balanced on the edge of reality. Two lovers cling to each other in the ruins of their world. Only "The Call of the Benu" can save them, but will she come in time? In "Desert Song," a young woman embarks on a road trip where she is chased by a ghostly skeleton and faces buried memories so she can open to to love. A thoroughly urban poet searches for home in the desert she has always feared and follows a wolf to meet her destiny in "The Conversation." A young man acquires a contingent of ghosts who follow him from Maine to Oregon, and a young woman learns about her future from a dream encounter with a Ghost-Messenger. In the title novella, a volcano threatens the Valley of the Caheya and a priestess sets out to recover the stolen crystal that can save her people. But facing the demon who stole the crystal and the venomous black sea that guards it is just the beginning. Mata must confront her ancient past and her desire for revenge if she is to save the Caheya from extinction. The Way Home is a journey into the past to save the future as Mata seeks redemption from an unlikely source.