The Dreaming (1996-2001) Books
"The Goldie Factor" part 1! Cain murders Abel once too often. So Goldie the infant Gargoyle runs away from the House of Secrets, only to fall under the seductive influence of a limbless being calling himself Tempto.
Cain and Abel have finally found Goldie and her seductively deceitful companion. But it may already be too late to keep the infant gargoyle from her true destiny--one that will alter the fate of every living creature on Earth. "The Goldie Factor" part 3.
"The Lost Boy" part 1! Mad Hettie, Lady Johanna Constantine, three untrustworthy fairies, and an idealistic young British architect named Brian converge on a certain forest on midsummer night's eve...in different centuries.
Life in the '90s proves trying for Brian, the '50s architect whose path has crossed with that of Mad Hettie. But Hettie isn't around to help Brian adjust; she's busy in the past, taking care of unfinished business with Lady Johanna Constantine. "The Lost Boy" part 2.
Muriel discovers that Brian really is a traveler from post-war London, just as Brian realizes he can't adjust to the faster pace of life in the '90s. Meanwhile, on the other side of the Atlantic, Mad Hettie has a rendezvous with Destiny. "The Lost Boy" part 3.
They say you can never go home again, but Mad Hettie reveals to Brian that he can return to his own time if he is brave enough to once more dare the realm of Faerie--but as Brian and Hettie discover, entering Faerie is one thing, and leaving it is quite another. "The Lost Boy" part 4.
An unwelcome visitor from Cain's past arrives at the House of Mystery. The visitor intends to probe into the most ancient, and personal, mystery of all, one involving Abel and a few well-hidden secrets.
"Weird Romance" part 1! On what should have been her wedding day, Bridget lies comatose, suspended between life and death. But her real adventure has only just begun. While her fiancé Chris sits by her side, Bridget begins a quest that will take her into the very heart of the Dreaming.
While her body lies dying in a hospital bed, Bridget finds that being in the Dreaming is no honeymoon, either. Not only does she have to battle her way through some painful memories, she must also make a critical decision between two suitors. "Weird Romance" part 2.
Drunk with power from one of the Dreamlord's own stones, Bridget's ex-lover pursues her ex-fiance from the Dreaming to the waking world, while Bridget and Matthew the Raven realize that romantic illusions may be extremely hazardous to one's health. "Weird Romance" part 3.
Bridget and Matthew arrive at Eve's cave, where they discover some surprising revelations about Bridget and her two suitors, and encounter the power of the Crawpock. "Weird Romance" part 4.
"Coyote's Kiss" part 1! The trickster known as Coyote lures Matthew the Raven away from the safety of the Dreaming and begins to wheedle his way into Eve's affections. But as two mortal dreamers discover, the restless and arrogant Coyote is never content until he bites off more than he can chew.
Caught between a rock and a soft place, Coyote learns the hard way that it's not a good idea to mess around with Eve. And Matthew learns a lesson of another kind when he encounters Raven in an extremely exclusive corner of the hereafter. "Coyote's Kiss" part 2.
A white-collar guy who longs for a blue-collar kind of freedom gets taken on a very special tour of the Dreaming by none other than Merv Pumpkinhead.
It's a quiet, cold day at the crossroads between the old year and the new one, and Nuala receives an unexpected invitation from the Dreaming, while her brother weighs a surprising challenge from his nemesis.
"Souvenirs" part 1! The Corinthian is supposed to be a nightmare. He's not supposed to have bad dreams, but a strange link has formed between the toothily charming new Corinthian and Gabriel, a delusional victim of an older version of the Corinthian. Gabriel believes that he is truly the Corinthian, and his warped reality is affecting the Dreaming.
On the trail of a mortal copycat killer, the new Corinthian discovers there are plenty of temptations for a nightmare in the waking world, and some unexpected dangers besides. "Souvenirs" part 2.
The new Corinthian confronts his past in the form of his mortal counterpart, resulting in revelations for both. "Souvenirs" part 3.
"The Dark Rose" part 1! The shocking dreams of an outwardly prim young Victorian woman threaten to collide with her waking life in the form of a handsome, debauched, stranger--a stranger who bears an uncanny resemblance to a certain tooth-eyed gentleman from the Dreaming.
The new Corinthian discovers a secret of his older self, and a lonely young woman finally meets her unlikely soul mate. "The Dark Rose" part 2.
"The Unkindness of One" part 1! At first, Matthew the Raven thinks it's just a bad dream. It turns out to be an even worse awakening when a mysterious force yanks him out of Eve's cave and into the waking world, where he finds himself naked, shivering, and unmistakably human.
Eve leaves the safety of her cave in the Dreaming in order to look for Matthew in the waking world. Heedless of the consequences, Eve calls in a very old debt to aid her search, while Lucien the librarian makes an extremely personal sacrifice for the suddenly ravenless lady of nightmares. "The Unkindness of One" part 2.
This unexpected chapter in Matthew's existence draws to a close as Matthew learns the real nature of his enemy, and Eve, the raven Lucien, and an avian army help combat it. But no battle is without its losses. "The Unkindness of One" part 3.
The story of one of the Sandman's former ravens, Aristeas of Marmora. Like Matthew, Aristeas returned to the waking world as a man, only to find that there is a price to be paid for having your dreams come true.
Abel--lonely and missing Goldie, the baby gargoyle--learns what happens when one finally loses one's temper, ignores the mark of Cain, and gives his big brother a smack.
The House of Mystery has hated its caretaker for so long that no one even talks about it anymore. But even houses have their limits and the House of Mystery has decided that it just can't take it anymore.
As the House of Mystery goes up in smoke, victims of famous fires from different historical eras labor side by side with the denizens of the Dreaming, desperately trying to quench the flames, when Eve remembers the long-neglected figure still trapped in the attic of the burning house.
The House of Mystery lies in ashes, but the real destruction is just beginning for Cain, as he and a host of scorched mysteries must take refuge in Abel's House of Secrets.
As the castle library is filled with salvaged treasures from the destruction of the House of Mystery, an overburdened Lucien finds himself near the breaking point as events force him to confront some mysteries from his own past.
A special, extra-sized issue finds the House of Secrets materializing in the waking world on Halloween. For one night only, Abel has license to tell secrets without fear of retribution. His captive audience: five outcast goth kids who get more tricks than treats when confronted by an upset Cain.
Amidst the rubble of war-torn London, fellow immortals Hob Gadling and Mad Hettie struggle with love, loss, and the search for hope during the 1940 Blitz.
In the deep and always-black depths at the bottom of the sea, a colony of merfolk lives in a ruined city. Among them, a young merwoman stands trial for speaking forbidden truths culled from her dreams--dreams of a world where land and sun and sky exist above watery darkness.
Tortured by Cain's descent into drunken despair, Abel pays Eve a visit to enlist her help in easing his brother's pain. As Eve tends to the nasty business of feeding the monsters under her care in the Cave of Nightmares, Abel discovers that a mother's love knows bounds after all.
Christina, the haunting woman from Lucien's mysterious past, resurfaces. Old and ailing in the late 1930s, Irish poet W.B. Yeats finds himself inexplicably documenting a strangely impressionistic dream in a letter he knows will never reach its recipient.
Battered, bruised, and crippled by heroin addiction, Echo lies dying in a desolate New Orleans squat, while his sole remaining friend hits the streets for a fix to tide him over. But when a violent intrusion catapults Echo into The Dreaming, he finds his deepest desires unexpectedly fulfilled.
Disoriented by her transformation and stranded in The Dreaming, a shocked and frightened Echo latches onto the one thing that has remained constant: her thirst for revenge.
After the Lord of Dreams denies The Corinthian vengeance against the new dream Echo, the nightmare decides to take justice into his own hands, pulling Matthew along for the ride.
A troubled teenager embarks on a surreal journey through The Dreaming to free her sister from the deadly grip of the Three Witches, encountering many of the fantastic inhabitants of the Dream King's realm along the way.
Now with unpredictable access to both The Dreaming and the waking world, Echo has no time to revel in her newfound fortune since everyone—from the Corinthian to the Sandman’s trusty librarian—is seeking revenge on the girl most likely to wreak havoc.
Lucien reflects on his courting of the psychic medium Christina--whom Echo now eerily resembles. The ill-fated love affair holds the key to Lucien's obsession with Echo/Christina, and foreshadows an ominous ending for someone he holds dear.
The day of reckoning arrives for hunted Echo, and even an envoy of the Endless may not be strong enough to stop The Corinthian and Matthew from exacting revenge. Will Lucien, still mired in his tragic obsession with Christina, catch up with everyone in time to stop the killing?
"A ""glamour stone"" enchanted by Morpheus and spurned by Nuala becomes the catalyst for intrigue in an unsavory goblin court and in New York City, where an expatriate fairy wants desperately to pass for a regular human girl. "
The Cluracan's nemesis arrives in New York's Central Park to defend Nuala from an unsavory pack of fairies sent by the King of the Unseelie Court to steal her magical pendant.
Victor continues his romantic pursuit of the elf girl Nuala, the Cluracan confronts his nemesis in a sword fight high over the streets of Manhattan, and the Unseelie court, still desperate to retrieve the glamour stone, moves in for the kill.
High above the city, the maniacal Unseelie faeries abduct Nuala, while, in the middle of a Manhattan museum, Maddy uncovers the fantastic truth about the mysterious glamour stone.
The Cluracan and his nemesis battle their way through the bloodthirsty hordes of the Unseelie Host in a desperate attempt to save their sister, Nuala.
The fate of a world rests in Maddy's hands as she aids Thessaly, Nuala and Lucien in a final confrontation with Titania for possession of the magically-charged Dawn Stone.
The House of Mystery is rebuilt in an issue that marks a startling turning point in the Realm of Dreams.