The Bird Catcher

two misfits lost in paradise … a serial killer and a lonely boy S.P. Somtow’s World Fantasy Award winning novella is set in a picturesque Thai village just after the Second World War. This classic reimagining of Thailand’s most famous serial killer and his relationship with a fictional American boy was originally conceived as a film. Now, twenty years later, that conception is finally moving towards reality. As a bonus, the novella comes paired with the short story Chui Chai, about a modern-day Frankenstein operating among the sex workers of Bangkok. It’s one of S.P. Somtow’s most acclaimed pieces of short fiction.