Insomnia: Paranormal Tales, Science Fiction, and Horror

Insomnia.An inability to sleep; a state of agitated wakefulness, often as a result of troubling thoughts.To sleep, perchance to dream.To dream, perhaps of dying.All themes in this collection.Includes the following titles:The Grin - a classic nightmare story extracted straight from the deepest recesses of a man-child's troubled mind.The Scenario Egg - an investment broker enjoys the spoils of his fast-paced lifestyle until failure, a beautiful woman, and an odd-looking device conspire to make him second guess what is good and right, and what is real and fantasy.A Thing for Zombies - a dark satire about young love and the steps one might take to win another's affection.Reached in Error - The lines between technology and the paranormal blur in this tale about a device that allows the living to communicate with the dead.Raise the Dead - when a mysterious musician applies for an opening in Chris Stephens's high school band, strange things begin to happen, some of them wonderful, some of them horrifying.The Sacrifices We Make - a child's abduction wakes a drowsy little town from a forgetful stupor.The Promises We Keep - young lovers make a vow that they never in their wildest dreams ever expected to have to keep.Approximately 85000 words.Some material may not be appropriate for readers younger than 14.

About the Author

Saul spent his formative years in a creaky century-old house overlooking the Erie Canal in Upstate New York. His bedroom was a refurbished attic, which he shared with all manner of creatures, not all, he is convinced, flesh and blood.After bouncing around the US and Europe, he settled down to pursue a career in the sciences, opting to study the mysteries of human molecular genetics. But even positions as an experimental biologist, teacher, manager and biotech entrepreneur could keep him from his true love: literature.eFiction magazine calls Saul a writer armed with "a PhD and a whacked out sense of humor." He now writes speculative fiction full time from his attic-less home in the San Francisco Bay Area, which he shares with his wife, kids, four dogs, three cats, six chickens and the ocasional possum.

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