Nightmares and Dreamscapes

Nightmares & Dreamscapes is King unchained; 23 stories that veer from classic horror to hardboiled noir, twisted comedy, and everything in between. This collection is a grab bag of fear, wit, and imagination, where no genre is off limits and no idea too strange.

There’s a haunted pair of shoes that won't stop dancing. A retired hitman trying to settle the score with a toy. A Lovecraftian tennis match. And a tale told entirely through newspaper clippings. Whether it’s psychological terror, supernatural chaos, or razor-sharp satire, King throws everything at the wall…and most of it sticks like blood.

Dolan’s Cadillac: A quiet man plans the perfect revenge against a mobster who took everything from him. Slow, steady, and brutal.

The End of the Whole Mess: A genius discovers a way to eliminate human violence forever, until the solution reveals its own terrible flaw.

Suffer the Little Children: A schoolteacher becomes convinced something is wrong with her students, and her sanity begins to unravel.

The Night Flyer: A tabloid reporter tracks a serial killer vampire who travels by private plane. Chilling and vicious.

Popsy: A desperate man tries to kidnap a child for a human trafficking ring, only to find this kid isn’t defenseless.

It Grows on You: Strange changes in a house seem to reflect the sins and secrets of a decaying small town.

Chattery Teeth: A creepy souvenir (a pair of wind-up chattering teeth) may be more than just a novelty item.

Dedication: A hotel maid performs a secret ritual to help her unborn child succeed. Messy, bold, and unsettling.

The Moving Finger: A man discovers a human finger coming out of his bathroom sink, and it won’t stop growing.

Sneakers: A recording engineer starts seeing, and smelling, things in the men’s room at work. A ghost story with a grimy twist.

You Know They Got a Hell of a Band: A couple on a road trip stumbles into a town run by dead rock ’n’ roll legends. Sounds fun. It’s not.

Home Delivery: On a small island, the dead begin to rise. But the real story is about a young widow learning to stand on her own.

Rainy Season: A couple visits a quaint town just in time for its once-in-seven-years blood-soaked local tradition.

My Pretty Pony: An old man shares a strange truth about time with his grandson. Quiet, reflective, and melancholy.

Sorry, Right Number: Told entirely through a screenplay format, a woman receives a desperate phone call from the past.

The Ten O’Clock People: A man trying to quit smoking begins to see horrifying creatures hidden among us. They only reveal themselves to certain people.

Crouch End: An American couple gets lost in a London suburb that feels increasingly…wrong. Classic cosmic King horror.

The House on Maple Street: Kids discover that their house is transforming into something completely otherworldly, and maybe it’s a good thing.

The Fifth Quarter: A gritty crime story about buried treasure, a dead cellmate, and a map tattooed in pieces.

The Doctor’s Case: A rare Sherlock Holmes pastiche told from Watson’s point of view where Holmes lets someone else take the spotlight.

Umney’s Last Case: A hardboiled detective learns that his world is fiction…and his creator wants to trade places.

Head Down (Non-fiction): A journalistic recounting of King’s son’s Little League team’s championship season. Deeply personal and full of heart.

Brooklyn August (Poem): A melancholy poem about summer, baseball, and the quiet ache of nostalgia.