Jeremy San Francisco — 1880 Solitary Sonatas

Jeremy is not a successful changeling. His feelings are still too human. He misses Beethoven. He tries playing his violin, hoping that familiar cords might call him back. Jeremy’s music waves into the night, containing sorrows older than time and stronger than death. It vibrates inside of souls. Small nocturnal animals are drawn to him, pulled by his music, and repelled by his being. He’s been turned inside out, an assassin Orpheus, a musical murder. Bats circle low, plucking stunned insects out of the air before they hit the ground.

“Bats, such a cliché,” Jasmine sighs. She stalks off into the night, fangs lengthening. Nevertheless, she returns that night and the next. She stays for six months, her longest relationship in almost forever.

One night however, she does not return. For eight years, Jeremy wanders the streets of San Francisco, driven by hunger and memory. He’s alone and very, very lonely.