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...out of scenarios and encountering various characters. People he meets discuss science, philosophy and the life of dreaming and waking, and the protagonist gradually becomes alarmed that he cannot awake from this confusing dream.

Maggie Tappert, The High Priestess of Pleasure, had a lengthy career teaching women the wonders of sex. Her life journey takes an unexpected turn when she is confronted with her personal life as a grandmother, having to face her advancing age and mortality.

...consumed by memories, and then visions, of Sarah. Fielding's sister Caroline lends personal and professional support, but his life begins to unravel. Is Fielding losing his sanity, or is Sarah still alive? As the past floods into the present, Fielding...

...deal with his own alienation, and the moment for a queer punk band couldn't have been more timely; San Francisco was just waking from the previous decade's losses, and the in-your-face direct actions by ACT UP and Queer Nation shared punk music...

...eccentric young man whose dreams constantly invade his waking life. While slumbering, he is the charismatic host of "Stephane...Science of Sleep" in front of cardboard cameras. In "real life," he has a boring job at a Parisian calendar publisher...

...can only be with Anna in sleep which consequently sends him on a quest for more frequent slumber. With the help of a new age guru named Mel, Gary shuns reality for the comfort of his dreams even as the troubles of his waking life increase.

...fascist 30's, a man laughs uncontrollably in his sleep--an omnibus bit of absurdism given the frustrations of his waking life. The second story is told in two parts--a contemporary and brutal political kidnapping of a young boy is set in...

...depression and confusion about life, men, and her work as a professional...experiences as her uninspired daily life begins to unravel, revealing...mechanics hidden beneath her normal, waking reality. But now her life serves more as a human relations...

...lovers, stardom, and motherhood to her waking dreams, where Federica continues to press for her everyday life to be as real as the fantasies that invade...Federica struggles to find meaning in her life, she wrestles with her feelings about...

Life holds many mysteries for Bill: waking from a drug-induced stupor in an antiseptic hospital facility, he has recurring flashbacks of cracking up his truck in some...