Cloaks of Vermin and Fish

By Forrest Aguirre

"Cloaks of Vermin and Fish" is the first book of the adventures of Italo and Vincenzo. Twins, thieves, and idiots, Italo and Vincenzo are drawn into a complex web of intrigue that would befuddle smarter men, but not these twins! Follow Italo and Vincenzo as they stumble on to a dark, fish-god-worshipping cult bent on destroying Renaissance Venice and find themselves in the middle of a feud between Venice’s Assassins’ and Thieves’ guild. Italo's not-very-clever plans and Vincenzo's mangling of language are on full display as they ply their . . . skills? . . . prowess? No, their dumb luck, to solving the mystery of this strange cult and the elusive artifact that everyone seems to want, but no one can seem to find, The Bottle of Eyes. Will dumb luck, piscomancy, and the boys' blades be enough to save the city? Find out for yourself, in "Cloaks of Vermin and Fish"!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Forrest Aguirre
• Release date: Mar 13, 2012
• ISBN: 9781476006765

Forrest Aguirre

Forrest Aguirre's fiction has appeared in over fifty venues in both speculative and literary venues. His work has appeared in Asimov's, Postscripts, American Letters & Commentary, Gargoyle, Exquisite Corpse, and Apex Magazine, among many other magazines and anthologies. His work has received several honorable mentions in various Year's Best anthologies, and has been shortlisted for the StorySouth Million Writers Award. His first collection of short fiction, Fugue XXIX, is published by Raw Dog Screaming Press. Forrest is also a World Fantasy Award recipient and Philip K. Dick Award finalist for his editing of the Leviathan 3 anthology with co-editor Jeff VanderMeer. Forrest lives in Madison, Wisconsin.

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