When a young boy is kidnapped and held hostage in a tenement basement, his nightmares begin to unfold in the minds of his captors, subjecting them to unspeakable horrors.The author, dclegg@douglasclegg.com , 3 September, 1999
Do you nightmare?
Thanks for dropping by and checking out my book, The Nightmare Chronicles. The nightmares in the book are comprised of thirteen short stories (13 being such a great number, after all) sewn within a larger story of a mother and her adult sons who have kidnapped -- and intend to murder -- a little boy. The only trouble is, the boy is not what he at first seems. Is he a demon? A psychopath? A magician? A dream? Or a nightmare in human form?

Dreams and nightmares create the surreal landscapes I most enjoy writing about. Each of the stories in The Nightmare Chronicles had its kernel in a good or bad dream I've had at some point.

In addition to the stories, I've included an afterword in which I talk a bit about how the stories came about, as well as an excerpt from my upcoming epic horror novel, You Come When I Call You.

I appreciate all of you who have read my fiction -- whether online with the email novel, Naomi, or my paperback Halloween Man. I hope you will allow me to continue to allow my imagination into your reading life.

I look forward to both the positive and negative reviews here, but above all: it's my hope that The Nightmare Chronicles will involve you.

Genre: Horror