Fifteen short stories set in real or imagined cities, original and diverse tales touching on a variety of genres, including crime fiction and dark fantasy.

Satirical, unrelenting, compelling, ELECTRIC CASTLES: A BOOK OF URBAN LEGENDS is literary fiction of the highest order, an intimate examination of the toll modernity places on individuals struggling to survive in an increasingly hostile and unforgiving environment, while doing their best to maintain their dignity and essential humanity.

For over thirty years, Canadian author Cliff Burns has thrilled and challenged readers with a distinctively personal, intimate approach to writing, his work earning praise for its intensity and ingenuity. His novels, short stories and poetry seek to describe the experiences and motivations of outsiders and underdogs, people condemned to the margins of society by circumstance and cruel fate.