A short story in the Whyborne & Griffin series, taking place not long after the first novel. It's Valentine's Day in Widdershins, and Griffin has planned the perfect date night, but being Widdershins it all turns to custard as a lost talisman from a creepy family of funeral directors calls up a monster from the depths of hell. Because this is a short story the lost talisman is found in very short order and the story ends more concerned with romance (well, sex) than it ever is with monsters, and the central emotional beat is Griffin's insecurity in the relationship, which is a bit of a turnaround as in Widdershins it was really Whyborne who had no self-confidence. Anyway, Eidolon lacks the depth that I so enjoyed in that first novel, but that is, again, a function of length. I still enjoyed reading it.