Jeffrey Thomas is renowned for his novels and tales set in Punktown, a terrifying, crime-riddled city of the future, where humans and aliens mix in every sense of the word, with often horrific results.

Including two stories set in Punktown, this volume features works long and short that are among Thomas's most intimate and intense weird tales. "Saigon Dep Lam" is a poignant Christmas story set in Vietnam, a city which Thomas has visited often. Art takes a central role in "Mr. Faun" and "Drawing No. 8," both of which suggest that paintings may be quite a bit more than what you see on the canvas.

This book also includes several unpublished stories. "The Temple of Ugghiutu" is a Lovecraftian tale that bears relations to Thomas's Punktown novel Monstrocity. The distinctively titled "riaH gnoL" hints at the disturbing psychosis of a young woman employed by an arcade. "Good Will toward Men" makes us wonder about the real differences between heaven and hell.

Jeffrey Thomas is the creator of the science fiction setting Punktown, in which many of his stories are based. His other work includes the novels Boneland and Subject 11, and the short story collections The Endless Fall and Haunted Worlds. His novel Monstrocity was a finalist for the Bram Stoker Award, and his novel Deadstock a finalist for the John W. Campbell Award.
Thomas' stories have been selected for inclusion in The Year's Best Horror Stories XXII (editor, Karl Edward Wagner), The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror #14 (editors, Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling), and Year's Best Weird Fiction #1 (editor, Laird Barron).