Angry gods. Assassins. Madness. Delusion. Prophets. Mutilation. Goblins. Outer space. Princes. Nuclear fire. Thieves. Magics, molesters, and maleficent cats.

Don't worry. They're only stories.

H. Andrew Lynch's odd worlds and offbeat perspectives are a modern response to Charles Baudelaire's Paris Spleen, a collection of poetic short tales – or prose poems – written 150 years ago. Steeped in the bizarre and fuelled by dreams, these tales force the mundane to meet the fantastic.