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The Haunting of Tram Car 015

P. Djèlí Clark

First published February 2019
Type Short Fiction
Length Novella
Series Ministry of Alchemy

Synopsis

The place is Cairo, the time is 1912, and the case is the apparent haunting of an aerial tram car. As the city simmers beneath the summer sun and the nation readies for a vote that could grant suffrage to half the population, two men are deployed to dispatch whatever spirit, spook, or specter is interfering with the public transportation system: Agent Hamed Nasr and his new partner Agent Onsi Youssef of the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities. But nothing is quite as it seems, and soon the case forces Agents Hamed and Onsi to explore a side of Cairo stirring with suffragettes, secret societies, smuggling rings, and sentient automatons as they work to protect the city from an malevolent paranormal force.

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
2020 Hugo Award Best Novella Nominee/Finalist
2020 Ignyte Award Best Novella Nominee/Finalist
2020 Locus Poll Award Best Novella Runner-up
2020 Mythopoeic Award Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature Nominee/Finalist
2020 Nebula Award Novella Nominee/Finalist

Publications (4)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
February 2019 The Haunting of Tram Car 015 Tor.com Chapbook
February 2019 The Haunting of Tram Car 015 Tor.com Chapbook
February 2019 The Haunting of Tram Car 015 Recorded Books Chapbook
April 2022 A Master of Djinn Subterranean Press Collection