P. Djèlí Clark returns to the historical fantasy universe of "A Dead Djinn in Cairo", with the otherworldly adventure novella The Haunting of Tram Car 015.
Cairo, 1912: The case started as a simple one for the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities ― handling a possessed tram car.
Soon, however, Agent Hamed Nasr and his new partner Agent Onsi Youssef are exposed to a new side of Cairo stirring with suffragettes, secret societies, and sentient automatons in a race against time to protect the city from an encroaching danger that crosses the line between the magical and the mundane.
Crazy good novella. Dreamy PLUS delightful. Both these guys made me cackle. And Abla. Brilliant worldbuilding in such a small space. Love the folklore and alternate history Cairo. If this was a series, Hamed and Onsi Go Ghostbusting, I would subscribe.
“A baby-eating Armenian spirit is haunting a Cairo train,” Abla repeated. “Well, I have to admit, I didn’t see that coming.”