Author Description

"Stanley's Last Trip and Other Stories" is volume 1 of the Urban Tales short story series: eight yarns exploring strange and quirky situations, set mostly in present-day and sometimes dystopian worlds of Berlin, New York, London, Lisbon and Dublin, with an illustration for each story. (1) Stanley's Last Trip - Stanley Braun is trapped on an S-Bahn train in Berlin, but he can't remember how he got there. (2) Noise and Death - After a noisy start to his trip to Lisbon, Charlie's upstairs neighbour, Marie, uses her charms to entice him to cover up a murder. (3) Vengeance - Louis plans revenge after Annalise's death at her apartment block in London. (4) Throwbacks - A research project in Berlin uncovers a group of people with ancient genes. (5) Survival of the Species - In London, the slow realisation that some humans have previously unknown brain mutations prompts new discrimination laws. (6) Tube Travel - A new form of super-fast travel in the near future runs into difficulties. (7) Obsession - Jack's brief meeting with an elusive woman at an art exhibition in New York leads to fantasy and obsession. (8) After the Blackout - Jake is surprised at how fast everything descends into the 'law of the jungle' after a blackout in Dublin.