The House in Inverted Commas opens the Chronicles of Lostoff, a darkly comic science-fiction series. It introduces Aura Nova, a girl whose parents vanish after their London home is annihilated by a falling meteor that perfectly takes its place. Rescued by a stealth-motorcyclist and drawn to the ominous Lostoff Towers, Aura’s fate intertwines with slipped dimensions, twisted timelines, and the black hole at the centre of the Galaxy. Meanwhile, a master of the multiverse with a side hustle as a wizard, an android lugging a case of paradox, and a pan-dimensional housekeeper converge on the frontier between suburbia and the stars. Narratively rich in wit and parody, the story skewers both human folly and science-fiction conventions while exploring themes of identity, absurdity, and the blurred borders between life, death, and cosmic interference. In essence, it’s a gothic sci-fi comedy of cosmic proportions, a chronicle of witless aliens, duplicate families, and the bizarre machinery that runs the universe.