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Drops of Midnight

by Catherine Brennan, Steven White

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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 ...

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