Songs of a Dead Dreamer

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Songs of a Dead Dreamer is a 1986 short story collection by horror fiction writer Thomas Ligotti; DJ Spooky borrowed the title for his first full-length record.

The first edition of Ligotti's book was produced in paperback by Silver Scarab Press, limited to 300 copies. It was re-released in an expanded and revised edition in 1989 by Carroll and Graff. Both editions of the book contain a laudatory introduction by Ramsey Campbell.

Contents 1 Contents 1.1 Part 1: Dreams for Sleepwalkers 1.2 Part 2: Dreams for Insomniacs 1.3 Part 3: Dreams for the Dead

[edit] Contents

[edit] Part 1: Dreams for Sleepwalkers

• "The Frolic"
• "Les Fleurs"
• "Alice's Last Adventure"
• "Dream of a Mannikin"
• The Nyctalops Trilogy
  • "The Chymist"
  • "Drink to me Only with Labyrinthine Eyes"
  • "Eye of the Lynx"
• "Notes on the Writing of Horror: A Story"

[edit] Part 2: Dreams for Insomniacs

• "The Christmas Eves of Aunt Elise: A Tale of Possession in Old Grosse Pointe"
• "The Lost Art of Twilight"
• "The Troubles of Dr. Thoss"
• "Masquerade of a Dead Sword: A Tragedie"
• "Dr. Voke and Mr. Veech"
• "Professor Nobody's Little Lectures on Supernatural Horror"

[edit] Part 3: Dreams for the Dead

• "Dr. Locrian's Asylum"
• "Sect of the Idiot"
• "The Greater Festival of Masks"
• "The Music of the Moon"
• "The Journal of J.P. Drapeau"
• "Vastarien"