“Companion to Owls”, Chris Roberson

SS ASFM Mar 2006 – fantasy
Steeplejack North lives a mainly solitary life on the Roof of the Cathedral which covers thousands of square miles. Ghosts of the recently departed, revenants get caught in steeples and spires making work more difficult for him. A psychocomp frees most revenants, but sometimes a specialist, a necromancer, needs to be called in.

An odd, but interesting tale featuring ghosts and mythical creatures.