Drops of Midnight
Subtitle: an anthology of dreams
By: Brennan, Catherine [10 other authors] ; edited by Steven White
Contributors: Lato, Katherine, author; Yao, Tim, author; Wigeland-Clemmons, Patricia, author; Manolakes, Mike, author; McAdams, Sam, author; Lee, Janet, author; Egan, Mary, author; Rakosnik, Lloyd, author; Williams, Ray, author; Cavanaugh, Heather, author
Publisher: [publisher not identified]
Published: 2012
Place of publication: San Bernardino, California]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 185
ISBN-13: 9781475154870
Subjects: Literature; Collections; Short stories
Description: In the dark alleys and gaslit pubs of lower London you can buy almost anything - including dreams. Here you can purchase small glass bottles offering tales stolen from the subconscious. Taste the longing and regret of a woman escaping her father's fate and trying to live up to his memory. Experience the dreams of a child trapped in a coma, needing to fly. Feel the pain and nobility of a dreamer living through the Holocaust; or a general on the eve of battle. Some dreams are surreal encounters, like meeting a faded celebrity; others are dark nightmares, like a demon torturing a man for his past. One woman daydreams of a lost loved one; another man makes a bargain that may cost him his dreams. Sample a bottle of stoen dreams - twelve stories spanning time and place from writers expliring daydreams and ngihtmares. Be careful which one you open ...
Table of contents: title: Prologue: Drops of Midnight / Steven White; title: Belarus Lost / Catherine Brennan; title: Faithful Memories / Katherine Lato; title: She's Just Sleeping / Tim Yao; title: The Last Word / Katherine Lato; title: Perfect Day / Patricia Wigeland-Clemmons; title: Rising Star / Mike Manolakes; title: Bob's Dreams Come True / Sam McAdams; title: Perchance to Dream / Janet Lee; title: In Sleep What Dreams May Come / Mary Egan; title: Dreams / Lloyd Rakosnik; title: A Breath in Time / Rae H. Williams; title: Oubliette / Heather Cavanaugh