One feverish night, told through the thread of 18 intense dreams, weaving darkness and light, fear and hope. Somewhere, hidden amongst it all are a few truths about what it means to be human.

What would you give to read a short story collection that actually knows where it's going?

A Night Of Strange Dreams is a debut collection of darkly fantastical short fiction, structured as a single night's dream journey through thirteen centuries of human experience. From a 9th-century Norse berserker to a 21st-century corporate horror story, from the fog of 17th-century seafaring to the fractured intimacy of a modern kitchen. The historical distance is irrelevant. The emotional truth is not.

The eighteen stories are arranged in three acts: descent into darkness, deep night, and the slow return of light. This is a collection with architecture, with intention, with somewhere to go. The darkness is not decorative.

These are stories where competence offers no protection and what we inherit, whether gift, curse, or blood, cannot be outrun across centuries. Recurring families and supernatural threads reward attentive readers, while each story stands entirely alone.

This collection offers genuine range. Flash fiction sits beside longer, more expansive pieces. Folk horror neighbours psychological intimacy. Every story presents something distinct to engage with critically.

Ideal for reviewers who enjoy: Angela Carter, Kelly Link, Carmen Maria Machado, Shirley Jackson, Nathan Ballingrud, Karen Russell.

Themes: Folk horror, historical fantasy, transformation, the supernatural bleeding into the ordinary, the weight of the past, what we inherit and cannot escape.