Ethereal started out as a joke. A response to some kidding around on the Internet.

I started telling a story to entertain my friends, and — well I guess I got carried away with it.

Couldn't get it out of my head, except maybe by bleeding it out through my fingers. (I think that's supposed to be an author joke.)

I started liking these characters and wondering what was happening to them.

I just had to find out. — Now you can too.