Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The Sandman: Book of Dreams (1996), edited by Ed Kramer and Neil Gaiman, is an anthology of short stories based on The Sandman comic book series. Behind the Scenes Before the eventual publication of The Sandman: Book of Dreams, there was controversy surrounding it that almost caused the book to not be made. Apparently, DC Comics (the owners of The Sandman) were giving out contracts that included provisions very different than those the editors had originally told the authors when solicited for material. The editors tried to get DC Comics to change the terms of the contracts back to what was originally told to the authors, but were unsuccessful. As a result, several authors dropped out of the project. Contents Preface by Frank McConnell Masquerade and High Water by Colin Greenland Chain Home, Low by John M. Ford Stronger Than Desire by Lisa Goldstein Each Damp Thing by Barbara Hambly The Birth Day by B.W. Clough Splatter by Will Shetterly Seven Nights in Slumberland by George Alec Effinger Escape Artist by Caitlin R. Kiernan An Extra Smidgeon of Eternity by Robert Rodi The Writer's Child by Tad Williams Endless Sestina by Lawrence Schimel The Gate of Gold by Mark Kreighbaum A Bone Dry Place by Karen Haber The Witch's Heart by Delia Sherman The Mender of Broken Dreams by Nancy A. Collins Ain't You 'Most Done? by Gene Wolfe Valóság and Élet by Steven Brust Stopp't-Clock Yard by Susanna Clarke Afterword: Death by Tori Amos Art Cover by Dave McKean Frontispiece by Clive Barker External Links Karawynn Long's account of the DC contract fiasco Two of the dropped stories are available from the authors' websites: The Voice of Her Eyes by Karawynn Long Merv Pumpkinhead's Big Night Out by Michael Berry This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.