All the themes of the music of the night. From the irony of the story about book heroes coming to life to the viscous and gloomy atmosphere of the fairy tale about the Hollow King. From the story of women's revenge, to a tiny sketch about the life of a dead man. What do you think of the little thing in which London thieves from the Blitzkrieg times become victims of hundreds of unborn babies? Or five fragments of the story of the “Atlas of Unknown Realms”, which crushes time and space and turns reality into hell. There is a theme for both the wife-killer and Sherlock Holmes. And at the end you will be greeted by a nostalgic essay by Connolly about his favorite writers, books and horror films, full of notes on the writer's kitchen and something else....