Pelagia, holy fool -- Watanya Cicilia -- Ecorche: flayed man -- Captain Brown and the Royal Victoria Military Hospital -- The Hauser variations -- Patricide -- The odditorium -- The nine-gated city.
Summary
Presents a collection of eight short stories involving historical settings and time periods, with such real-life characters as Buffalo Bill, Edgar Allan Poe, and Somerset Maugham in gothic or horror settings.