Dreamlike States

Dreamlike States: Six Stories
by Brian James Freeman

Featuring an exclusive introduction by Ed Gorman and original interior illustrations by Glenn Chadbourne

About the Book:
This collection by Brian James Freeman features six dark stories that are a little different from his other works. Some focus on unusual characters and some are simply told in unusual ways. The last two are closely linked pieces, although the connection is hidden under the surface.

* When Sam discovers the jogger dying in the middle of the road in "As She Lay There Dying," he isn't ready for what she has to tell him: Sammy, we can't run anymore. He doesn't know this girl, so why is she talking like his dead wife?

* Assuming Michael manages to escape "The Punishment Room," he isn't sure if he'll be able to go on living with the knowledge of what he did to survive. But then again, that's a dilemma he wouldn't mind confronting, given the finality of the alternative...

* "The Gorman Gig" was definitely not going like the others, and Mike and Jimmy had no idea how badly this gig was going to end for everyone involved...

* When "One Way Flight" begins, the man in seat 36-B awakens to find everyone else on his plane is dead, including the pilot. Now the clock is ticking and the man doesn't have much time to figure out who he is, what has happened, and most importantly, how to get off the plane alive...

* In "The Silent Attic" Amy is haunted by the memory of her mother's last days, but will one last trip to the room where her nightmares were born set her free?

* Daniel Walker is driving to his hometown for the first time in years because his father is dying, but he knows there's more than a sick patriarch waiting for him in the house where he grew up. Daniel is traveling home with a heart full of questions, and all of his ghosts are patiently waiting with a few questions of their own in "A Dreamlike State."

These six thought-provoking stories show why David Morrell has called Freeman's writing "elegant and haunting" and why Michael Koryta has said Freeman writes "a taut, memorable tale."

Limited Edition of 750 signed (by Brian James Freeman, Ed Gorman, and Glenn Chadbourne) copies bound in full-cloth and Smyth sewn 

Lettered Traycased Hardcover Lettered Edition of 26 signed (by Brian James Freeman, Ed Gorman, and Glenn Chadbourne) and lettered copies bound in leather and Smyth sewn with a satin ribbon page marker