Do The Dead Dream? An Anthology of the Weird and the Peculiar

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ACTION ADVENTURE APOCALYPTIC COMEDY CRIME DRAMA FANTASY SATIRE HORROR FOLKTALE FUNNY SCI-FI OTHER ROMANCE SUSPENSE/THRILLER WAR

Contemporary,20th Century (multiple decades),19th Century,Other

F. P. Dorchak

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Submision Type

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Logline

Black Mirror meets Night Gallery meets The Twilight Zone meets The Ray Bradbury Theatre. 45 gritty tales between light and shadow, science fiction and superstition, and what you know about horror, and what horrors you can only imagine. Engaging, suspenseful, twisty. Slyly humorous. Kafkaesque.

Genre

Action,Adventure,Apocalyptic,Comedy,Crime,Drama,Fantasy,Satire,Horror,Folktale,Funny,Sci-fi,Other,Romance,Suspense/Thriller,War

Short Summary

Black Mirror meets Night Gallery meets The Twilight Zone meets The Ray Bradbury Theatre. 45 gritty tales between light and shadow, science fiction and superstition, and what you know about horror, and what horrors you can only imagine. Engaging, suspenseful, twisty. Slyly humorous. Kafkaesque.

Setting

Anthology: wide ranging.

Based on a True Story

No

Plot - Premise

Other,Overcoming Monster/Villain,Internal Journey/Rebirth,Tragedy

Plot - Other Elements

Coming of Age,Meaningful Message,Philosophical Questions,Twist,Other,Happy Ending

Mature Audience Themes

Language/Profanity

Main Character Details

Name: Anthology - multiple

Age: Anthology - multiple

Gender: Other

Role: Protagonist

Key Traits: Adventurous,Aspiring,Aggressive,Charming,Clumsy,Complex,Confident,Crazy,Desperate,Empathetic,Engaging,Heroic,Lone Wolf,Sarcastic,Romantic,Visionary,Funny,Masculine,Modest,Sophisticated,Honorable,Strong Moral Code

Additional Character Details

Name: Anthology - multiple

Age: Anthology - multiple

Gender: Other

Role: Antagonist

Key Traits: Villainous,Badass,Aggressive,Complex,Crazy,Criminal,Desperate,Greedy,Unapologetic,Manipulative,Sophisticated,Secretive,Power Hungry,Blunt,Seductive,Sarcastic

Additional Character Details

Name: Anthology - multiple

Age: Anthology - multiple

Gender: Other

Role:

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Additional Character Details

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About The Author

F. P. Dorchak has been writing horror, metaphysical, and speculative fiction since he was six years old. Frank is published in the U.S., Canada, and the Czech Republic. His novels are Voice, Psychic, ERO, The Uninvited, and Sleepwalkers, and his anthology, Do The Dead Dream? won the 2017 Best Books Award for Fiction: Short Stories. His short stories have appeared in small press outlets, as well as the regional anthologies You Belong 2016, Words and Images from Longmont Area Residents, and the 2012 The You Belong Collection, Writings and Illustrations by Longmont Area Residents. Frank can occasionally be reached in séances, and his website is www.fpdorchak.com. Don’t believe everything he tells you.

Target Audiences

Age: 18-34,35-54,55+

Target Gender: Universal

Group Specific

Information not completed

Publishing Details

Status: Yes: self-published

Publisher: Self-published

Year Published: 2017

Hard Copy Available

Yes

ISBN

978-0-692-94480-6