Aegri Somnia

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author = Jason Sizemore (Editor) and Gill Ainsworth (Editor)
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cover_artist = Michael Bielaczyc
country = United States
language = English
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genre = Horror anthology
publisher = Apex Publications
pub_date = 2006
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media_type = Print (Hardcover & Paperback)
pages = 196 pp
isbn = ISBN 0-978-86763-7
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"Aegri Somnia" (2006) is an anthology of Horror stories edited by Jason Sizemore and Gill Ainsworth and published by Apex Books. The twelve stories in this collection were all written by different authors. In 2006 "Aegri Somnia" was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for Best Anthology.

Story list

The short stories in this book are:

*"YY" – Jennifer Pelland
*"The League of Last Girls" – Christopher Rowe
*"All Praise to the Dreamer" – Nancy Fulda
*"Nothing of Me" – Eugie Foster
*"Heal Thyself" - Scott Nicholson
*"On the Shoulders of Giants" – Bryn Sparks
*"Dream Takers" – Rhonda Eudaly
*"Letters From Weirdside" – Lavie Tidhar
*"Wishbones" – Cherie Priest
*"All Becomes as Wormwood" – Angeline Hawkes
*"Well of the Waters" – Mari Adkins
*"Mens Rea" – Steven Savile

Aegri Somnia

Aegri Somnia is a Latin phrase which according to the editors of the book translates as "a sick man’s dreams" or "troubled dreams". All of the stories in this anthology were based on this theme.

ee also

*Apex Digest - publisher
*Jason Sizemore - editor

External links

* [http://www.apexbookcompany.com/products/aegri-somnia-trade-paperback Information on "Aegri Somnia" available from the publisher’s website]