Like most apartments in Newham, it’s basically one room-double bed in one corner across from a tiny kitchenette against the wall and an attempt at a sitting room with one skinny sofa and table. She’s small and looks even smaller in her tiny apartment. She stands as stiffly as her starched, white button-up shirt and long, black skirt.

She’s in her forties, white, auburn hair just beginning to show signs of graying at the temples. I suppose most people have much worse fears than bugs. But people who turned into homicidal giant bugs are actually surprisingly rare. Nightmares, whether they became one or were killed by one. It’s not hard to find people in this city who’ve lost loved ones to So I understand something about what it’s like to have a family member turn into a giant bug and try to eat you. I know because that’s what she turned into when she went to sleep for the last time. My sister’s worst nightmare was a giant, man-eating spider. And she’ll do anything to avoid becoming the victim again, even if that means lying low among the Friends of the Restful Soul, a questionable organization that may or may not be a cult.īut being a member of maybe-cult has a price. Ever since Ness’ sister became a man eating spider, she’s been terrified. Today’s excerpt is the first book in a new duology from Rebecca Schaeffer. And dreaming means waking up as your worst nightmare.

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