Free Live Free: Gene Wolfe

Four bizarre characters live free of charge in a run-down rooming house in Chicago: Osgood, unsuccessful salesman of novelty trinkets; Jim, an occasional private eye; Madame Serpentina, a gypsy fortune teller and witch; and Candy, overweight, alcoholic and a part time whore. The house is owned by the mysterious Ben Free who disappears after his tenants have been evicted and the demolition men move in. The four set out to trace him, partly from human concern - but also because they are sure he has great hidden wealth, connected with a strange place called the High Country...but what will they discover there? Cover art by Chris Moore.