Looking for Jake & other stories is a collection of surreal/horror short stories by British author China Mieville.

Those who have read his other books like Perdido Street Station and Iron Council will know what to expect, but Mieville proves excellent at the short story format. This anthology reads like a set of better Twilight Zone episodes and many of them invoke some pretty hideous images while others are just surreal what-ifs.

All are incredibly inventive, but personal favourites are Familiar (most ghastly imagery), An End to Hunger (wierdest conspiracy story) and The Ball Room (best for TV; a ghost story in Ikea!), but other people will no doubt have their own set of favourites.

You can buy the book from Amazon.