Four linked novellas from the world of transtemporal adventuress Iris Wildthyme. Unlike the last two books from Obverse, only the last of these stories star Iris and her sentient stuffed panda friend Panda, and the first three give centre stage to other characters from her previous adventures. The firs, Jim Smith's The Found World is something of a literary mash-up, featuring several characters from the works of Stoker, Conan Doyle, and so forth. Working out who is who is part of the fun, and More...

Iris Wildthyme is a brassy time-traveller and adventurer – a cross between Mrs Cornelius and Una Persson – who originated in the novels of Paul Magrs before achieving a certain notoriety in his Doctor Who books. This book of four novellas is largely devoted to her friends.

"The Found World", by Jim Smith, featured Professor Challenger, Dracula, Sherlock Holmes, Doctor Watson, submarines and secret Scottish bases, and while it was good and pushed each and every one of my butt More...