In a magical alternate world where ancient myths blend with modern locations, street painter Jilly and fiddle-playing Geordie struggle for survival in the wake of underground tunnels, ghostly dreams, and mermaid songs. Reprint. 17,500 first printing. Welcome to Newford. . . .Welcome to the music clubs, the waterfront, the alleyways where ancient myths and magic spill into the modern world. Come meet Jilly, painting wonders in the rough city streets; and Geordie, playing fiddle while he dreams of a ghost; and the Angel of Grasso Street gathering the fey and the wild and the poor and the lost. Gemmins live in abandoned cars and skells traverse the tunnels below, while mermaids swim in the grey harbor waters and fill the cold night with their song.Like Mark Helprin's A Winter's Tale and John Crowley's Little, Big, Dreams Underfoot is a must-read book not only for fans of urban fantasy but for all who seek magic in everyday life. Introduction 13(17) Uncle Dobbin's Parrot Fair 17(26) The Stone Drum 43(26) Timeskip 69(15) Freewheeling 84(19) That Explains Poland 103(15) Romano Drom 118(17) The Sacred Fire 135(12) Winter was Hard 147(17) Pity the Monsters 164(14) Ghosts of Wind and Shadow 178(30) The Conjure Man 208(19) Small Deaths 227(22) The Moon is Drowning While I Sleep 249(20) In the House of my Enemy 269(25) But for the Grace Go I 294(16) Bridges 310(16) Our Lady of the Harbour 326(40) Paperjack 366(32) Tallulah 398