Ten Tales of Forbidden Wishes and Dangerous Desires
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- The Night Bazaar
- The Night Bazaar London: Ten Tales of Forbidden Wishes and Dangerous Desires
In volume three of this widely-praised dark fantasy anthology series, the Night Bazaar, a secret marketplace of the rare, strange, occult, and dangerous, journeys to 19th century London. There, as usual, its vendors will purvey curious services, forbidden wares, and rare objects which cannot be had elsewhere, for any price. The midnight market has operated throughout history in various locales, appearing in a city for one week only, never to return.
This time the Bazaar’s proprietress, the enigmatic and unflappable Madame Vera, escorts the reader on an eerie, fantastical British tour in ten linked short stories by various authors. Some tales feature such recognizable luminaries as Sherlock Holmes, occultist Madam Blavatsky, and Queen Anne Boleyn. Several take place during the Bazaar proper, while others occur earlier or later, tied to its 1880 London appearance by a curse or spell – or, by an object found, inherited, purchased, or stolen during the decades since, by the unsuspecting, foolish, or greedy (though seldom the completely innocent). Together, these ten linked stories take readers on a fantastical journey into astonishment, dread, and dark delight.
The Night Bazaar still holds everything you’ve read about but thought had passed away, or perhaps never existed at all. How wrong you were! But be warned: as usual, each object or service comes with a gift, a curse, or a haunting.
NOTE: THE VOLUMES IN THIS SERIES MAY BE READ IN ANY ORDER YOU LIKE!
In "What You Seek is Seeking You," a short story set in London simultaneously in 1534, 1880, and 1965, the lives of doomed English Tudor queen Anne Boleyn, a talking raven who dwells at the 19th century Tower of London, and a Carnaby Street shop girl collide when each of them encounter an alchemist's silver mirror that allows someone looking into it to exchange bodies with another viewer, for a time.
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Tropes: Antihero, Band of Misfits, Beyond the Grave Communication, Cross-Species Friendships, Demonic Possession, Fish Out of Water, Found Family, I See Dead People, Library of Secrets, Magic Talisman, Modern Human in Fantasy World, Museum/Store of the Unusual, Past People/Future Tech, Person in Distress, Powerful Artifact, Secret Society, Time Travel
Word Count: 103,000
Setting: England and US
Languages Available: English
Series Type: Same Universe / Various Characters
Tropes: Antihero, Band of Misfits, Beyond the Grave Communication, Cross-Species Friendships, Demonic Possession, Fish Out of Water, Found Family, I See Dead People, Library of Secrets, Magic Talisman, Modern Human in Fantasy World, Museum/Store of the Unusual, Past People/Future Tech, Person in Distress, Powerful Artifact, Secret Society, Time Travel
Word Count: 103,000
Setting: England and US
Languages Available: English
Series Type: Same Universe / Various Characters
This third book in the Night Bazaar series continues the tradition of the great storytelling and imaginative writing in the first two. Ten writers weave tales linked by the Night Bazaar, but ranging far and wide in setting, themes, and characters.
Some stories are humorous, others chilling, all are good reads.
