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In a corporate-controlled afterlife where souls are treated as inventory, a grieving widower working as a soul chaperon goes rogue to stop a spirit-eating creature, only to uncover that his own boss is trafficking souls and may have stolen his wife’s, forcing him to dismantle the system from the inside.

Created and written by Jason M. Burns.
www.jason-m-burns.com

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A whiskey-soaked walk home leads Gray into an uneasy truce with his childhood bully, forcing him to reveal the truth about his life as a soul chaperon.

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A whiskey-soaked walk home leads Gray into an uneasy truce with his childhood bully, forcing him to reveal the truth about his life as a soul chaperon.