The Vorrh

The Vorrh is described as "one of the most original and stunning works of fantasy that has ever been my privilege to read" by Alan Moore.

In the tradition of China Miéville, Michael Moorcock, and Alasdair Gray, B. Catling's The Vorrh is a literary dark fantasy that wilfully ignores boundaries, crossing into surrealism, magic realism, horror, and steampunk.

B. Catling's twisting, poetic narrative features Bakelite robots lying broken, their hard shells cracked by human desire, and an inquisitive Cyclops waiting for his keeper and guardian, growing in all directions. Beyond the colonial city of Essenwald lies the Vorrh, a forest that sucks souls and wipes minds. There, a writer embarks on a giddy mission to experience otherness, fallen angels observe humanity from afar, and two hunters—one carrying a bow carved from his lover, the other a charmed Lee-Enfield rifle—fight to the end.

Thousands of miles away, famed photographer Eadweard Muybridge attempts to capture the ultimate truth, while rifle heiress Sarah Winchester erects a house to protect her from the spirits of her gun's victims.