Good story that seems to epitomise the idea behind the anthology (Parallel Worlds). Markham is a city that seems full of threatening evil. The locale is limited to the city and there is no further indication of time or place, though I found myself visualising the worst parts of Victorian London. The narrator is a member of a race that is despised and feared in Markham, and we accompany him in a race across rooftops in an attempt to rescue abducted children. His is a very interesting character, and I would like to read more about him.

The only downside is that there are quite a few errors- mostly wrong homonyms (poll instead of pole for example) which suggests that the editor relied too much on a spellchecker instead of a proofreader. ( )