TRAVELLING WITHOUT MOVING

In April 1924 the dreams of Toril Ness are consuming her. Distant planets, impossible landscapes and alien lifeforms materialise in her bedroom every time she falls asleep. When the doctors and charlatans in Doggerland fail to cure her, she leaves to search for a long lost treatment. The Dream Library is a short story set in an alternate 1920s, where humanity has reached the stars.

The Dream Library is a short story set in an alternate 1920s, where humanity has reached the stars. But a plague called The Odd Soot has returned and drives humans and aliens to madness and death for the first time in 200 years.

”What a fantastic piece of storytelling. The atmosphere and worldbuilding are exceptional.” Laurel Sills, author and founder of Holdfast Magazine

On Odd Soot: ”Oh, shit. Haven't read it from A to Z, but I think I'm in love.” Nils Hintze, writer of Vaesen and Tales From The Loop RPG

On Odd Soot: ”[The] world is one of low clouds, conspiracies, baffling contraptions, people harboring destructive obsessions, and sudden dreamlike visions.” OneBookShelf Review

The Dream Library is the first part of The Soot Trilogy, to be released in 2025.

Clarence Redd är en svensk författare och illustratör. Han har sedan 2016 publicerat flera rollspel för den internationella marknaden, med översättningar till franska, tyska och spanska. Hans illustrationer har visats på gallerier och konsthallar i Sverige, och publiceras regelbundet i böcker och tidskrifter i Europa och USA.