In this Portland, hipsters share the sidewalk with sasquatches; a hungry sturgeon god haunts the Willamette; tree octopi chitter in the branches of the Douglas firs; and locally roasted cold brew isn't the only thing worth selling your soul for.

In "Water Ways," a delinquent with a magical link to the Benson Bubblers expends her last chance on a lost cause.

In "The Masked Market," a small-town dreamer visits Saturday Market's sinister nocturnal sister to buy a wish.

And in "Unruly Souls," a shanghaied sailor seeks revenge just as the flood of 1894 flushes Old Portland's shadier elements out of the tunnels—and some interesting aquatic life into the streets...

This is a Portland you won't find on the magnets at Powell's.