Where love, loss, magic, and memory blur the line between what is real… and what we wish were.

In Illusions & Reality, award‑winning author Jesse V. Coffey gathers a tapestry of stories that explore the fragile borders between the world we see and the truths that lie beneath it. From love that lingers beyond the final breath to the echoes of music that outlive generations, these tales reveal the beauty, mystery, and heartbreak woven through every human life.

A woman keeps vigil beside the man she loves in Your Hand in Mine, sharing one last moment before he slips into the next world. In Thirsty Boots, a wandering bard returns home battered and broken, only to discover that love is the one journey worth staying for. The Ballad of St. Anne’s Reel follows a stranger who finds warmth, music, and destiny in a winter‑bound pub on Prince Edward Island — a moment that will echo through his family for generations.

Dark humor takes center stage in A Kiss on the Hand, where a husband’s creative use of cremains leads to a backyard renovation his wife will never forget. Justice — mortal and divine — unfolds in Karmic Justice, as a grieving soul seeks the truth behind her own murder. And in the haunting An Act of Faith, set during the Spanish Inquisition, betrayal becomes a legacy passed from father to son in a cycle as old as sin itself.

By turns tender, magical, unsettling, and deeply human, Illusions & Reality invites readers to step into the spaces where the heart remembers what the mind forgets — and where every story reveals a truth worth holding.

Step into the spaces where memory becomes magic… and every illusion reveals a deeper truth.

“The stories were captivating and it was a satisfying read.”
“I enjoyed this book.”