The City of Mist is a collection that offers eleven glimpses into the hidden corners of Barcelona, past and present. Along the way, readers will encounter some familiar characters (pulp novelist David Martin, Andreas Corelli, the bookselling de Sempere family), along with a host of newly created characters. In the course of these tales, a homeless ex-convict finds solace—and perhaps love—among the ghosts of the Spanish Civil War. A novelist recreates the horrific circumstances of his own birth. A drop of dragon’s blood confers a bizarre and violent immortality on a member of the Spanish Inquisition. A fallen angel accompanies an unnamed narrator through the final moments of human history.