Midnight Metropolis: Something Lives Here

The city is full of things nobody notices. Some of them depend on it. A street photographer discovers that people are disappearing inside ordinary crowds-and pieces of them are turning up in strangers. An appraiser documenting an abandoned apartment hears a rocking chair moving on a floor where no tenant should exist. Beneath the manicured lawns of a quiet subdivision, something has learned to follow the rhythms of the people living above it. Inside a medical facility, a translucent organism turns walls, floors, equipment, and even human contact into pathways. And when new image-restoration technology begins revealing animals hidden beyond ordinary perception, seeing them clearly may be the worst thing humanity could do. SOMETHING LIVES HERE brings together five complete tales of contemporary urban horror from the world of MIDNIGHT METROPOLIS-stories of crowded streets, aging buildings, suburban foundations, institutional spaces, and technology that reveals far more than it should. Between the stories, Dr. Midnite is waiting with his own observations about what happened, what it means, and why you probably should have left well enough alone. The world around you hasn't changed. You're simply beginning to notice what was already there. Enter Midnight Metropolis-and discover five new reasons to distrust the ordinary.