Songs of a Dead Dreamer

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

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"

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"

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"