Mel Nicolai: 8 books

The vampires, Shake and Mio, have an alliance as improbable as their life spans. Cautious and reclusive, Shake avoids any attention that might compromise his carefully cultivated privacy. His only vampire companion, the wealthy and flamboyant Mio Nagaishi, is, by contrast, indifferent to the dangers...

The Squiggly Stuff is a detective novel. An accurate classification, but a bit like describing a kaleidoscope as a cardboard tube. A kaleidoscope is a cardboard tube, but when you look inside, you discover something colorful, sparkly and non-cardboard with many unexpected dimensions.

The Chap sisters, Ronda and Wanda, are concerned about their brother, Honda. In an attempt to determine the nature of the problem—a problem that they have not been able to understand in terms more precise than ‘bad vibes’—they enlist the help of Koji Remote, entrusting him to insinuate himself...

The nine fictions in 8 REMOTE WOMEN are, in one way or another, mysteries. The first five pieces approach a conventional detective-investigates-crime form, albeit with a very unconventional detective (Koji Remote) and 'crimes' that approach the surreal. In the sixth piece, "X-pek d-Laze,"...

With incriminating twists and extenuating turns, Hypnotism for Hummingbirds is a diabolically twisted mystery with extraterrestrial ramifications. The focus of interest is a small, metallic pyramid called a Py. No one seems to know where it came from. No one knows how it does what it is purported...

Koji Remote, private investigator, tracks down the real-world location of a mood discovered in a client’s dream.

Ms. S is getting married and naturally wants her wedding to go smoothly. But her fiancé has raised a thorny question: Can she safely invite her father? Private eye Koji Remote deploys his surveillance skills to find the answer.

Not only has M. Black chosen a very weird way of killing himself, he’s chosen to conduct this unsavory deed at Koji Remote’s favorite bar, Meme Disposal. With a little encouragement from his friends, Koji feels compelled to investigate.