'Step in from the cold, through the saloon door of Esqwith's the strangest bar in creation. Pull up a bar stool and listen to the stories told...' Here in be tales of many strange things, tales of murder, tales of villainy, tales of truths and lies. Tales of the early life of that most honest of gentlemen Hannibal Smyth. Tales of the Passing Place. Tales of the mundane made fantastical and the fantastical made the mundane. Tales of grim horror wrapped in satire, of the things that hide in the darkness and the things that hide in the light, and also of cheesecake, the sexual politics of pork scratchings and giving the devil his due. Here in then be many tales from the pen of a foolish scribe. An anthology of collected tales of horror, science fiction, steampunk, and fantasy by Mark Hayes Please note. this anthology is a combined collection of stories that have previously been released as part of the Harvey Duckman Anthologies and the novella A Scar of Avarice. Praise for The Hannibal Smyth misadventures "If you like Douglass Adams you should definitely read this book!" "A riveting roller-coaster of a book." "A must-read for Steampunk fans."