Dreams in Autumn: Stories

A new internet phenomenon known as the "Black Library" is sparking panic on a global scale, as it seemingly selects people from all walks of life by sending them an email with a "Black Book" attachment, which then coerces them through unknown means to either commit suicide with whatever means they have at hand or kill others and then themselves so that the Black Libraries methods cannot be learned or counteracted. This is just one of those stories.

When their parents announce that they need to visit an ailing sibling on their deathbed Perry(18) unable to help himself conspires to take advantage of his sister Kate(21) who suffers from night terrors and needs to take nightly medication for them, that virtually knocks her out. With the aid of a wizened partner Cane(60) he intends to finally act on his forbidden impulses. This fictional story is an original piece with A.I generated cover art I used as inspiration. The title is still a WIP.

Excerpt: Jared had always been an unconventional thinker, even as a child. He would spend hours in his room, tinkering with chemicals and concocting strange potions. It was this curiosity that led him to become a university researcher, specializing in the development of new pharmaceuticals. And it was this same curiosity that drove him to create something truly revolutionary: the Sandman's Promise.

The official continuation to "Sandman's Promise", Jared and his variant "Traitors Dream", mentioned at the end of the original piece.

A continuation of the Sandman's Promise story, but to be treated as a spinoff of sorts from the main story. A "what if" eventuality when a third party managed to get a hold of the ingredients and the process required to faithfully recreate the original drug for themselves and inflict it on others for their own purposes.

A follow up to "A Daughters Best", essentially putting Eric into the driver's seat.

Hassan an 18-year-old Moroccan boy living with his grandmother Fatima in Casablanca, takes his opportunity during his grandfathers monthly business trips to target her vulnerabilty during her triggered sleepwaking episiodes. Locked in her highly suggestive sleepwalking state, she's unable to remember what she's done or is done to her afterwards with the peculiar quirk that she doesn't wake up or resume her normal sleep until after a long period of time of inactivity passes.