This anthology collects for the first time some of Diane Duane’s most popular short work, including the only two “Young Wizards” short stories.
Uptown Local features eleven long and short works from the last decade and beyond, including:
- In The Company of Heroes — A billionaire “living the dream” goes on a desperate quest for the one thing he needs to make his life perfect: a very special comic book…
- The Rizzoli Bag — A sad young man in a Roman cafe is offered a once-in-a-lifetime bargain…
- Out of the Frying Pan — The life of a part-time witch working in a shopping mall is turned upside down in a day…
- The Queen and the Thief and the Dragon — A (fairy) tale of the True West, and a young monarch’s solution to a thorny diplomatic problem…
- Bears — An ancient sorrow (with a modern twist) wanders through the tumult of a pre-Lenten street carnival…
- The Fix — In the dark guts of Rome’s Colosseum, a slave boy with an impossible dream becomes entangled in the machinations of immortals…
- Herself — In the heart of Dublin, something is killing the People of the Hills — and it’s going to take Ireland’s only superhero to stop it…
- Hopper Painting — Desolation and redemption in a midnight diner…
- The Back Door — Two terrorists meet in Zurich to carry out a very unusual heist with a confederate who’s more dangerous than they imagine…
…And of course, the title story starring Kit and Nita, in print only twice in three decades and finally available in an ebook — along with the only other Young Wizards short story, Theobroma.
Uptown Local and Other Interventions is available for purchase in DRM-free Kindle / .mobi and Nook / iPad / .ePub formats at the DianeDuane.com online bookshop for USD $5.99.