The theme song for "Dark Awakening" in the SHARDS OF CRIMSON anthology is: Need You Tonight - INXS
I have no idea where the idea for this story came from. I had two characters—Kimi and Nic—and I knew they belonged together. The rest just kind of came.
Kimi's full name is Kimiko Noguchi.
Nic's full name is Nicodemus.
Kimi's father and Mika's father are brothers. The Noguchi family is big and Kimi has nearly two dozen cousins. She's the youngest.
Nic is Mika's older half-brother. He was twenty when she was born.
Kimi is in college at Berkeley. She's switched her major three times so far and is currently focusing on English.