Concrete Jungle

“Concrete Jungle” (The Concrete Jungle) is a science-fiction novella by Charles Stross, written in 2004.

In 2005 the novella won the Hugo Award and was nominated for the Locus Award.

In “The Laundry” — a secret British organization dealing with supernatural threats — an emergency situation unfolds: in Milton Keynes, “there are too many concrete cows.” Bob Howard, an IT specialist and field agent of the Central Anti-Preternatural Intelligence Unit, is tasked with figuring out what’s going on.