<p>From the author of CRY DOWN DARK comes a frightening collection of short stories poetry and essays that will leave you screaming and begging for more.</p><p>In this nightmare room you&#39;ll find living tattoos a strange karaoke host a vengeful widow a salesman not that interested in making a sale and more.</p><p>&ldquo;An Appointment with the Knifeman&rdquo; takes you inside the home of a serial killer but who did we follow through the door? A disgruntled pharmaceuticals employee gets the better of his boss in &ldquo;Hemingway at Work&rdquo; and a teen girl learns that tattoos truly are forever in &ldquo;Bury All Your Secrets in My Skin.&rdquo;</p><p>If you think poetry can&#39;t be scary wait until you read Tranchell&#39;s &ldquo;Dead Again Tomorrow&rdquo; about a man who dies every day &hellip; and wakes up each morning.</p><p>Collected here for the first time are Tranchell&#39;s horror movie columns &ldquo;The Show Begins at 10:31&rdquo; and a special essay on Stephen King.</p><p>ASLEEP IN THE NIGHMARE ROOM includes eleven short stories showcasing Tranchell&#39;s wide range of styles and characters; four poems that will stop your heart make you laugh and make you cry; and his own unique insights into the horror movies he&#39;s grown up with and the author who shaped much of his world.</p><p>Do you dare enter the nightmare room? If so turn off the light hide under the covers and start to dream. Tranchell and his demons will be with you soon.</p>