First published 2014
Dreams turn deadly in this collection where sleep offers no sanctuary. Larry Correia opens with "Father's Day," plunging readers into a realm where the subconscious bleeds into reality. Sarah Hoyt's "Dreamcatcher" follows, then D.J. Butler's "Incubation" and Tom Lloyd's "The Devil On My Shoulder." Paul Genesse contributes "Onnen" while Michaelbrent Collings delivers "To Dream Awake, to Sleep the Real." Steven Diamond presents "What Hellhounds Dream" and Marie Brennan offers "The Damnation of St. Teresa of Ávila." Max Gladstone's "Man in the Middle" joins Howard Tayler's "U.I.," Peter Orullian's "The Quality of Light is Not Strain'd," and Dan Wells' "Health and Wellness." Each story transforms familiar dream logic into waking terror. Characters face phantasms that refuse to vanish with dawn. The boundary between sleeping and conscious mind dissolves. These tales reveal how our deepest fears gain substance when dreams and reality collide.
Genres: short-stories, fantasy, horror
Vibes: dark, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: blurred-lines, supernatural-elements
190 pages · Paperback · Cold Fusion Media
Content warnings: violence