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The String City Mysteries
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.”
“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.”
178 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 1, 2021
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Graham Edwards
37 books55 followersGraham Edwards is the critically acclaimed author of multiple novels and short stories. His recent fantasy novel, "The Dragons of Bloodrock," revisits the mythical prehistory he created in his first novel, "Dragoncharm," evoking a bygone age before man walked the Earth, when dragons ruled the skies. Meanwhile "Stone & Sky" transports its Victorian hero Jonah Lightfoot to the precarious slopes of a world-sized wall where strange creatures roam and the memories of all humanity are stored.
If it’s crime you prefer, try the interdimensional thriller "String City," which follows the adventures of a down-at-heel gumshoe as he embarks on a cosmos-shaking quest in a strange city perched on the edge of the cosmos. Or travel back to ancient times to meet wandering bard Talus, the world’s first detective, in the neolithic murder mystery "Talus and the Frozen King."
Graham has ghostwritten other novels under various pseudonyms. Formerly senior staff writer at Cinefex magazine, is also a reasearch journalist specialising in behind-the-scenes articles on film and television productions.
"Dragoncharm" and its two sequels were each nominated for Best Novel in the British Fantasy Awards. Short fiction by Graham Edwards has appeared in magazines and anthologies. His novelette "Girl in Pieces" made the longlist for the Nebula Awards.
If it’s crime you prefer, try the interdimensional thriller "String City," which follows the adventures of a down-at-heel gumshoe as he embarks on a cosmos-shaking quest in a strange city perched on the edge of the cosmos. Or travel back to ancient times to meet wandering bard Talus, the world’s first detective, in the neolithic murder mystery "Talus and the Frozen King."
Graham has ghostwritten other novels under various pseudonyms. Formerly senior staff writer at Cinefex magazine, is also a reasearch journalist specialising in behind-the-scenes articles on film and television productions.
"Dragoncharm" and its two sequels were each nominated for Best Novel in the British Fantasy Awards. Short fiction by Graham Edwards has appeared in magazines and anthologies. His novelette "Girl in Pieces" made the longlist for the Nebula Awards.
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