title: Nightmares and Dreamscapes
author:  Stephen King 
description: A solitary finger pokes out of a drain. Novelty teeth turn predatory. The Nevada desert swallows a Cadillac. This collection of Stephen King stories takes a roller-coaster ride through the macabre and monstrous, via explorations of good and evil.
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  # Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  * [Cover](html/Cover.xhtml)
  
  
  * [Front Matter](html/439071_1_En_BookFrontmatter_OnlinePDF.xhtml)
  
  
  * [1\. Introduction](html/439071_1_En_1_Chapter.xhtml)
  
  
  * [2\. ‘Following Darkness Like a Dream’: Dreams, Sleep, and Dark Comedy](html/439071_1_En_2_Chapter.xhtml)
  
  
  * [3\. ‘God’s Secret Judgement’? Dreams in Tragedy](html/439071_1_En_3_Chapter.xhtml)
  
  
  * [4\. ‘Great Nature’s Second Course’: Sleep and Sleeplessness in Tragedy](html/439071_1_En_4_Chapter.xhtml)
  
  
  * [5\. ‘Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On’? Shakespeare’s Late Genre](html/439071_1_En_5_Chapter.xhtml)
  
  
  * [6\. Epilogue](html/439071_1_En_6_Chapter.xhtml)
  
  
  * [Back Matter](html/439071_1_En_BookBackmatter_OnlinePDF.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # Landmarks
  
  
  
  
  
  * [Cover](html/Cover.xhtml)
  
  
  * [Table of Contents](html/439071_1_En_BookFrontmatter_OnlinePDF.xhtml#Toc)
  
  
  * [Body Matter](html/439071_1_En_1_Chapter.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ![Cover image](../images/978-3-030-13519-5_CoverFigure.jpg)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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