Naked City

In this thrilling collection of original stories, some of today’s hottest paranormal authors delight, thrill, and captivate readers with otherworldly tales of magic and mischief. In Jim Butcher’s “Curses,” Harry Dresden investigates how to lift a curse laid by the Fair Folk on the Chicago Cubs. In Patricia Briggs’ “Fairy Gifts,” a vampire is called home by magic to save the Fae who freed him from a dark curse. In Melissa Marr’s “Guns for the Dead,” the newly dead Frankie Lee seeks a job in the afterlife on the wrong side of the law. In Holly Black’s “Noble Rot,” a dying rock star discovers that the young woman who brings him food every day has some strange appetites of her own.

Featuring original stories from 20 authors, this dark, captivating, fabulous, and fantastical collection is not to be missed.

Contents:

Curses / by Jim Butcher

How the Pooka Came to New York City / by Delia Sherman

On the Slide / by Richard Bowes

The Duke of Riverside / by Ellen Kushner

Oblivion by Calvin Klein / by Christopher Fowler

Fairy Gifts / by Patricia Briggs

Picking Up the Pieces / by Pat Cadigan

Underbridge / by Peter S. Beagle

Priced to Sell / by Naomi Novik

The Bricks of Gelecek / by Matthew Kressel

Weston Walks / by Kit Reed

The Projected Girl / by Lavie Tidhar

The Way Station / by Nathan Ballingrud

Guns for the Dead / by Melissa Marr

And Go Like This / by John Crowley

Noble Rot / by Holly Black

Daddy Longlegs of the Evening / by Jeffrey Ford

The Skinny Girl / by Lucius Shepard

The Colliers' Venus (1893) / by Caitlín R. Kiernan

King Pole, Gallows Pole, Bottle Tree / by Elizabeth Bear