Weird Tales from the Island City: 9 Strange Portsmouth Stories

People are strange

...and so is this city!



9 stories ranging from the strange and fun to the weird and dark, all set in Portsmouth - the UK's only island city.



From hauntings both serious and comic, through a psychopath's hallucinations, a chance meeting with a mythical being, to inexplicable life-enhancing events, in these pages you will find:



- A spoiled aristocrat who faces a ghoulish come-uppance

- A secret world beneath the city's streets

- A mermaid and time-travelling cats

- A brilliant detective caught red-handed

- A crime investigated by Arthur Conan Doyle's ghost

- A killer forever on the run

- A journalist who makes a meal of himself

- A puppet who pulls all the strings



Be they historic fiction, modern comedy, horror or fantasy, these weird tales will keep you guessing all the way.



Includes 7 short stories and 2 novellas with one thing in common: the city where the action takes place!



Cover illustration "Eclipse" (c) 2023 Gerardo Silva