The Smell of Telescopes

Blurb

The Smell of Telescopes is the title of a collection of short fiction by Welsh fantasy writer Rhys Hughes, first published in 2000 by Tartarus Press. The book features 26 interconnected short stories, subdivided into a number of story cycles that interact with each other and are resolved and justified by the final story.
A second edition of the book was published by Eibonvale Press in June 2008.
Michael Moorcock has rated The Smell of Telescopes as one of the ten most overlooked speculative fiction classics.
The contents of the book are as follows:
The Banker Of Ingolstadt
Ten Grim Bottles
Spermaceti Whiskers
The Blue Dwarf
The Purloined Liver
The Squonk Laughed
Telegram Ma'am
Depressurised Ghost Story
Thanatology Spleen
The Tell-Tale Nose
A Girl Like A Doric Column
The Orange Goat
Nothing More Common
Muscovado Lashes
A Person Not In The Story
Bridge Over Troubled Blood
Burke And Rabbit
The Yellow Imp
Lanolin Brows
The Haunted Womb
Mister Humphrey's Clock's Inheritance
There Was A Ghoul Dwelt By A Mosque
The Purple Pastor
The Hush Of Falling Houses
The Sickness Of Satan
Omophagia Ankles