The City

Lore & Background

It only provides entries for 'The City' as a term for the City of London, a village in Buckinghamshire, a former public house in Manchester, and other real and fictional references.

In Their Own Story

The streetlights buzz with a sickly amber glow. Conker staggers through the narrow lane, his tail dragging behind him like a rag, the taste of cheap rum still coating his tongue. Somewhere overhead a monkey howls at the moon, or maybe it's laughing—hard to tell in this state. The market stalls are shuttered, a few crates overturned, and the air smells of salt and burnt sugar. He pushes through a crowd of sleeping creatures and feels the familiar, hollow ache of a debt that isn't his anymore, but still won't let him go. The City hums around him, indifferent, alive, waiting for him to be sober enough to matter.

Reader's Guide

The source article lists entries under Places (United States, United Kingdom, Turkey), Fictional cities, Books and websites, Film, Television, Music, Albums, Songs, and Visual arts. No Conker-related content is present.

Did You Know?

• The City is a term for the City of London, the historic core of London.
• The City (Transmetropolitan) is a fictional megacity in the Vertigo comic series.
• The City (1998 film) is an American neo-realist film by David Riker.