Even monsters lock their doors at night. When society itself goes insane, when the priorities of civilization turn upside down and a violent revolution sweeps across the Empire, it becomes a lot harder to face your own inner dark side. But Norman Baynes, a human outnumbered in this wacky world of vampires and magical beasts, has been facing his second personality, Hansel Baynes, for as long as he can remember. And he's more than a little "away with the fairies". He's Norman by day. He's Hansel by night. He's absolutely sick! He's a notorious serial killer on a mission: write beautiful poetry and leave something good behind before it's too late. Will he be able to hold it together and evade capture long enough to finish his epic masterpiece?