Five short stories of urban fantasy. Bedtime Story: What kind of fairy tales what an incubus tell his half-human daughter at bedtime? Birthdays: On the wildest, most magical night of the year, Ceridwyn Brent has her birthday. Black Lily: Lily Carpenter goes hunting for a snack at the Dubh Linn pub and gets more than she bargained for. Redemption: Carter Fleming celebrates his forty-ninth birthday by hiring a hooker who is about to change his life, and hers. Nightshade: A murder mystery featuring John Radcliffe and Kate Middleshaw, the Met's finest supernatural detectives.