Capitals Of The Northlands; Tales Of Ten Cities - Paperback

A doorway to rain-washed streets and candlelit inns, where every alley hides a story and every harbour whispers a legend. Capitals Of The Northlands gathers a rich short story collection that feels both timeless and newly intimate. This fantasy fiction anthology transports readers to a northern Europe setting steeped in Victorian echoes, where city travel tales unfold beside mythic legends and folklore and urban legends that linger in smoky parlours and moonlit docks. These tales-gentle, eerie, and keenly observant-read like companionable conversations with a seasoned traveller who knows when to pause for a myth and when to press on into a mystery. For curious readers, the book offers a vivid blend of atmosphere, character, and wit, with echoes of Arthur Conan Doyle's investigative clarity and a sensibility all its own. The volume holds literary and historical resonance: a careful restoration of material long out of print, now revived by Alpha Editions as a cultural treasure rather than a mere reissue. It stands as more than a reprint-an artefact for collectors and a memorable gift for readers who relish classic northern fiction and gothic ambience. A true anthology for gothic fiction lovers, it invites both casual readers and classic-literature connoisseurs to wander, wonder, and linger.