Dream Country is the third trade paperback in the excellent
Sandman series by
Neil Gaiman.
Writer: Neil
Gaiman
Penciller: Kelley Jones, Charles Vess, Colleen Doran
Inker: Malcolm Jones III
Letterer: Todd Klein
Colorist: Robbie Busch, Steve Oliff
Covers:
Dave McKean
Introduction: Steve Erickson
Dream Country contains several
short stories:
Calliope, in which an author buys the
muse Calliope for his own personal gain, and is duly punished by one of the
Endless.
A Dream of a Thousand Cats, in which a cat tells how cats once ruled the earth, and how the ability of humans to
dream changed it all, but how cats can change it back someday.
A Midsummer Night's Dream, in which
William Shakespeare and his troupe of actors stage the play for the
faeries and
Dream of the Endless.
Facade, in which a woman seeks relief from a bizarrely degenerative condition--she can change what her
face looks like, but it degrades rapidly, and so she has to peel it off and grow a new one.
Throughout the book, the Endless are extended even further into believable characters.