"Together the tales form a sumptuous carnival, offering a tantalizing glimpse into the mystical underworld of plague-ridden Europe. These dark flights of fancy delight." ? Publisher's Weekly on The Night Bazaar: Venice

This second volume of the trademarked dark fantasy series is set in Venice. The Night Bazaar is a secret marketplace of the rare, strange, occult, and dangerous. Its vendors specialize in curious services or rare objects which cannot be had elsewhere, for any price. This forbidden market has operated throughout history in various locales, appearing in a city for one week only, and then never again.

But how did it begin? This anthology of eerie, fantastic, and magical works by 13 authors recounts the origin of the Bazaar. Its first appearance was in St. Mark's Square, Venice, in the plague year of 1348. Some tales take place in those medieval days of fear, witchcraft, pandemic, and murder. Other, more contemporary stories center on objects from that first Bazaar ? found, inherited, purchased, or stolen during the centuries since, by the unsuspecting, foolish, and greedy (though seldom the completely innocent). Together, these linked works take readers on a fantastical journey into astonishment, dread, and dark delight.

The Bazaar holds everything you've read about but thought had passed away, or perhaps never existed, at all. How wrong you were! But be warned: Each object or service comes with a gift, a curse, or a haunting. . . . and one must be Invited. Now, you have been.