Specimen Days

by Michael Cunningham

First published 2005

A Victorian ghost haunts a struggling inventor. A copywriter in 2020 confronts a terrifying presence. A scavenger in a future NYC braves the ruins of a fallen civilization. Spanning three centuries, these three interlinked stories reveal the spectral echoes that linger in the cracks of the city.

Genres: literary-fiction, fantasy, ghost-stories, 21st-century

Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, thought-provoking

Tropes: interconnected-stories, supernatural

Setting: New York, New York (N.Y.), New York (State)

Period: 19th-century, 20th-century, 21st-century

308 pages · Hardcover · Farrar, Straus and Giroux

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