"Things are getting better: It's been ten months, and I only wake up screaming about once a week now." And so we continue the adventures of one Bob Howard, computational demonologist for the secret government department nicknamed The Laundry (because it was originally housed above a laundry, of course) which deals with the ... weirder … Continue reading The Apocalypse Codex – Charles Stross
"There can be only One True Religion. Are you feeling lucky, believer?" Each book in the Laundry Files so far jumps forward about 3 years, and Bob Howard is progressing quickly in his career. At the moment he's in that awkward phase of being seen as capable and reliable by his bosses, while still being … Continue reading The Fuller Memorandum – Charles Stross
"The guys from the 'A' and 'B' crews have been sitting on their collective ass for five weeks, out in the middle of nowhere." When we were introduced to Bob Howard, Computational Demonologist for the secret government department set up to deal with otherworldly horrors, aka the Laundry, in The Atrocity Archives, many people used a description … Continue reading The Jennifer Morgue – Charles Stross
"Green sky at night; hacker's delight." Imagine the IT department of the X-Files, but in a very bureaucratic, very British civil service department. Here you will find Bob, who was not given much of a choice about working for the 'Laundry' (as it has been dubbed) after his geeky mind delved a little too deep … Continue reading The Atrocity Archives – Charles Stross
"People think that ghosts only come out at night, or on Halloween, when the world is dark and the walls are thin." Cassidy Blake was a normal teenager until the day she almost drowned. Or rather, did drown, but was saved by Jacob, who just happens to be a ghost. He follows her back through the … Continue reading City of Ghosts – Victoria Schwab
"Boom. Lassie from the slums winds up in a castle. Ain't that a right old fairy tale?" Ropa Moyo, 15-year-old 'ghostalker' and resident of a post-'Catastrophe' Edinburgh, still might not be too chuffed that her magical apprenticeship was downgraded to an unpaid internship, but there seems to be some benefits when she gets to attend … Continue reading The Mystery at Dunvegan Castle – TL Huchu
"So, I'm skint again." Welcome back to a shadowy, ghost-infested, post-'Catastrophe' (nope, still don't have the deets!) Edinburgh. Teenage ghostalker, Ropa Moyo, has a new gig, working for the Library of the Dead. Sounds ideal, but... yeah, no, Ropa's life rarely gets unfiltered 'good', and the first problem is when she's downgraded from 'assistant' to … Continue reading Our Lady of Mysterious Ailments – TL Huchu
"I'm not really supposed to be doing this, but a girl's gotta get paid." Meet Ropa Moyo, 14-year-old school dropout - oh, and a registered ghostalker. Delivering messages from the dead is how Ropa provides for her family of 3 (herself, little sister Izwi, and their grandmother) in a 'post-Catastrophe' (no, we never quite find … Continue reading The Library of the Dead – TL Huchu
"Jasper Jesperson had been in a restless, dissatisfied mood all week." The late 1800s saw a fascination with all things Ancient Egyptian sweep through the Western world. The British Museum in London assembled a large collection, and in this story that includes a new 'mystery' mummy. Scholars don't even know if it's male or female, … Continue reading The Missing Mummies – Lisa Tuttle
"Every marriage has its secrets." When Aaron's wife, Allison, dies his grief is soon overtaken by stumbling across a huge secret she's been keeping. At first he assumes - understandably - that it was an affair, but when it turns out that she was investigating murders of teenage girls, it's not long before his need … Continue reading Come With Me – Ronald Malfi
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