Alexander L’Hiboux is the Owl. Victim of a rare disorder called insomnolence, he wanders the streets stalking his prey, hangs in out all-night diners and never stays in one place long enough to cast a shadow.
An Evil Guest
While searching for information on a specific Gene Wolfe short story (Easter Sunday), I came across a Neil Gaiman post musing on Wolfe’s upcoming novel, An Evil Guest. It’s set in the near future, though apparently has a 1930’s atmosphere, with several Lovecraft references.
Says Gaiman:
It’s a pulp thriller – and that’s a compliment, because Wolfe knows from pulp thrillers (he wrote a wonderful pastiche of one in “The Island of Dr Death and Other Stories”) and because here he’s creating a strange sort of genre meltdown, a 21st century pulp adventure thriller with SF and horror elements that nobody else could possibly have written.