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Three Tales from the Laundry Files
Three Tales from the Laundry Files is a collection of three short stories from the Laundry Files series and written by Charles Stross, which was collected and published around The Rhesus Chart, but takes place during various moments in the timeline. To avoid spoilers, it is best to read this anthology after The Fuller Memorandum as there is one story "Overtime" takes place some time after the third book."Equoid" (★★★★☆) has Bob Howard is called to a rural part of England to investigate a possible infestation of unicorns – not the typical unicorns that my youngest niece adores, but one fashioned by the Lovecraftian universe. This short story takes place after The Jennifer Morgue."Down on the Farm" (★★★★☆) has Bob Howard sent undercover to a Lunatickal Asylum – the Farm, a retirement home of sorts for Laundry agents that finally got their souls crushed – not by the extra-dimensional creatures, but the paperwork and bureaucracy they had to deal with. While there, he has to investigate the oddness that is happening there. This short story takes place after The Jennifer Morgue."Overtime" (★★★★☆) has Bob Howard failed on doing a very important bureaucratic task – scheduling his vacation time promptly. Now he finds himself, working with a skeleton crew during Christmas, which leaves one bureaucrat – himself, to be all that stands between the world and annihilation. He has to stop the Thing That Comes Down Chimneys and leaves interesting gifts, before the world gets destroyed. This short story takes place after The Fuller Memorandum.For the most part, I really like these short stories, while one does not really need to read this book to continue with the series, it is highly worth it, to get the greater sense of the Laundry Files universe. All the short stories were written well and comparatively speaking about the same level of enjoyment for me.All in all, Three Tales from the Laundry Files is a wonderful collection of short stories that expands and strengthens the fictional universe.
