Morbid Tales From Before You Wake

Description

Perfect for fans of The Twilight Zone, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, and Steven King, the second surprise installation in the Morbid Tales series includes eleven tales before, during, and after our best dreams and our worst nightmares. Included in this collection: The Lady of the House, The Two-Faced Woman, What the Cat Dragged In, The Method Actress, and more!

Summaries:

The Benefit of the Doubt: Ophelia wakes each night with a man she works with standing above her bed, but he, and everyone else, tell her she's crazy.

Best Friends for Life: Lucy has made a new friend at school; only one problem, she doesn't exist.

The Method Actress: An actress playing Lizzie Borden in the film of her life longs to be taken more seriously.

Fever Dream: A woman falls in love with a man in her dreams.

Through Rose-Colored Lenses: An idyllic society in the 1950s begins to fall apart when its secrets are revealed.

Oblivion: What would you do if you woke one morning and nobody remembered your existence?

The Lady of the House: Emmaline takes a job as a companion to a reclusive widower whose castle is full of secrets and lies.
Gretl: A Hansel and Gretl retelling. Hansel has died, and Gretl is lured to a witch's cottage with promises of bringing their family together again.

Closing Time: A man falls asleep in a bar and wakes up after the end of the world.

The Two-Faced Woman: During the Spanish Flu, a wealthy man falls in love, but finds she's not who he believed she was at all.

What The Cat Dragged In: A lonely man brings a stray kitten into his home, but he soon becomes plagued with terrifying nightmares.