Explore the extraordinary world of String City in this collection of seven fantasy-noir novelettes, introducing an interdimensional detective with a nose for an unusual case … and a rather remarkable coat.
“The Wooden Baby” – when you wake to find your baby has turned to wood, who are you going to call?
“Dead Wolf in a Hat” – a gunshot, a bloodstain, and a corpse that might be man or wolf … or just possibly both.
“Syren” – the love song of the syren is deadly, especially when you’re the one she’s singing about.
“Still Point” – at the centre of the turning world lies the one, true place where all is still. If you find it, you may never want to leave.
“Girl in Pieces” – zombie cops, a spider queen, and a garbage can filled with the most beautiful body parts you ever saw. Who can possibly piece this one together?
“The Dame Don’t Whimper” – it starts with a hail of bullets and a little green man. Where will it end? Only the runaway dame has the answer.
“Lifestrings of the Loving Couple” – in a zoo filled with mechanical animals, a desperate husband fights to protect the most precious thing he knows: his wife’s secret soul.
This series of novelettes by Graham Edwards was first published in Realms of Fantasy magazine, then later expanded and republished as individual ebooks. Collected together for the first time in a single volume, they form the backstory to the critically acclaimed novel “String City.”
