Nowhere Near Milkwood

Rhys Hughes. Prime Books, $17.95 (268pp) ISBN 978-1-894815-11-6

Paul di Filippo's Babylon Sisters and Other Posthumans gathers 14 fantastical tales by the acclaimed author of Strange Trades, Ribofunk and A Mouthful of Tongues: Her Totipotent Tropicanalia. The same publisher also offers Nowhere Near Milkwood, a collection of 34 stories and vignettes by absurdist Welsh author Rhys Hughes, who's garnered praise from the likes of Michael Moorcock, T.E.D. Klein and Jeff VanderMeer.

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