Review: Agents of Dreamland

Caitlin Kiernan has written a work that takes time to get into, but like an aged Scotch it needs time to sit well. How can a narrative that includes an undying, lich woman, a freelance contractor, and mysterious spores that preclude the end of the world all have in common? They are all in this book.

The book is a brisk 150ish, standard for a novella. We jump from into three different points of view, the Signalman, who is tasked with finding out what happened in a ranch house, events that haun...