Map of the Drowned City: Thirty Dives into the Depths Hardcover – July 7, 2025

The world is full of monsters.An eye the size of a wagon wheel watches from the darkness.Behind the temple doors, the dragon wakes. A man with hooves dances among the flames.In the attic, cobwebbed dolls gather in a circle. The gorilla is pissed that you’ve stolen his coffee.The kraken stirs. A gator’s got Grandpa.Ghosts wail, “Repent! Repent!”From the space beneath dreams, an ancient crow takes flight.Blood runs into gutters, as the angels descend for the harvest.A young woman, half-naked, half-drunk, can’t stop laughing.“Why is this funny?” her brother screams.“Oh hell,” she gasps. “Why isn’t it?”In Map of the Drowned City award-winning author James Maxey joins with illustrator Kelsie Brumet to bring you tales of the monsters above us, beside us, and within us.Includes the Phobos award winning story "Empire of Dreams and Miracles."Includes the Asimov's Readers' Award winning story "Mere Flesh." Includes "Silent as Dust," and "Clockwork Melting," both reprinted in Best of the Year Collections of fantasy and science fiction. Table of ContentsDEVIANTS (Ten tales of freaks and weirdos) SILENT AS DUSTFINAL FLIGHT OF THE BLUE BEEECHO OF THE EYEJOE’S SPIDER FARMMERCY IS FOR MORNINGTHE JAGGED GATEPENTACLE ON HIS FOREHEAD, LIZARD ON HIS BREATHLIFE IN A MOMENTABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT IN CHROMEPERHAPS THE SNAILFALLEN (Ten stories about angels and devils)TO KNOW ALL THINGS THAT ARE IN THE EARTHRETURN TO SENDERWHERE THEIR WORM DIETH NOTLITTLE GUILT THING GOIN' ONSUZIE DURHAM, REAPER OF SOULSFALL OF BABYLONEATERANGEL HUNTEDI WEAR DEVILSELSEWHEN (Ten science fiction and fantasy stories scattered across time and space) TO THE EAST A BRIGHT STARMERE FLESHEMPIRE OF DREAMS AND MIRACLESANGST OF AN ATOMIC ANTTENDRILSGREATSHADOW: ORIGINSCHERRY RED ROCKET SHIPCLOCKWORK MELTINGLONELY HILLCLACK CLACK CLACK!THE MAP OF THE DROWNED CITYIllustrations by Kelsie BrumetDeviants Header (Detail from Joe’s Spider Farm)Silent as DustJoe’s Spider FarmThe Jagged GateLife in a MomentJagged Gate detailFallen Header (Detail from I Wear Devils)To Know All Things That Are in the EarthWhere Their Worm Dieth NotFall of BabylonI Wear DevilsElsewhen (Detail from Tendrils)To the East, a Bright StarMere FleshTendrilsLonely HillMap of the Drowned City cover detail Read more