Summer in the City: A Collection of Dark Speculative Fiction

Dreadful winter cold gave way to ominous spring growth, and now the heat threatens to obliterate all: the third volume of the In the City series has arrived, and veteran editors R.B. Wood and Anna Koon have curated another impressive lineup of international talent in Summer in the City.

The scorching sun heats concrete, glass, and steel nearly beyond human tolerance.

The oppressive heat of Summer sits like a woolen shroud over the city, while the overextended air conditioners groan as the...