reader reflections

“Chronicles of the Grim Reaper is a series of stories where the main character is the Grim Reaper, but not as we’ve been taught to see him. There is no fear in these stories, no darkness as you’d expect. Instead, there is kindness, quiet strength… even joy and something deeply beautiful.

It made me realize how often we judge by appearance, by old symbols, by what we’ve been told something represents, rather than what it might possibly be. Isn’t that just like life? So often, things that look harsh or frightening at first glance turn out to hold a different truth, compassion, even peace. And just as often, things that appear beautiful or gentle on the surface reveal something different when you look closer.

These stories do the opposite of what we’re used to—they take something we’ve been taught to fear and gently show another side—thoughtful and comforting. Reading these stories over the last few months has helped me look at my own grief, and others’ grief, differently.

I’m grateful for her writing and for the fact that these stories came to me through such a decent, kind person and a new cherished friend.”

— SALLY GAMBLE

“I just finished this and it was so much more beautiful than I expected. I never expected to read a story of the Grim Reaper and leave feeling peaceful and inspired.”

— TRACY POMERLEAU

"You are what you are. And in a way, that’s a comfort, isn’t it? Knowing that some things are beyond our control, beyond our understanding.

This statement by John shows us readers that ‘release’ is essential for inner harmony, gratitude, and peace. By embracing the Grim Reaper’s presence, John had already begun the inner alchemical process of releasing, embracing, and dissolving grief. By accepting the Grim Reaper’s words in his heart, his clarity and insight amplified within him for him to help navigate and continue his journey into the mysteries of life and death.

“Shadows of understanding,” a fitting title for any literary character dealing with shadows of anguish, grief, or resentment, only for our character to overcome and continue living.”

—MATTHEW E.

"The magical and metaphysical essence that emanate from earth’s creatures and organisms is what Timmy loved so much. Determined in his heart’s mission to ease the suffering of animals proved to not only his children, friends, and family that he had a heartfelt and deep caring for the world’s animals at large.

“The natural world holds beauty and lessons, reminding us to cherish all life with compassion,” a deep ecological philosophy that electrified and amplified Timmy’s spiritual inner cosmology. His heart was his navigator, and his discipline to his ethics is what magnetized the mythical and mysterious presence of the Grim Reaper.

The animals he helped were reflections of his heart’s mission, we all have a mission, and it is up to ourselves to navigate through the mundane and embrace our heart’s calling.”

—MATTHEW E.