In the dead of night, there are footsteps in the hall . . . In the dead of night, your past mistakes will haunt you . . . In the dead of night, you hear a discordant tune . . . In the dead of night, the nightingale sings . . . Simon Strantzas, master of the subtle and the bizarre, returns with a dozen strange tales and eerie mysteries. From the shores of a remote oil-stained sound to deep within the familiar heart of suburbia, these are the songs of broken people who cannot find a way to fix themselves, who must search the dark for salvation. Like a siren, the nightingale sings them onward to face their end. But it sings for you too. A requiem in your honor. Because, for you, it is already too late. Table of Contents In the Nightingale, Waiting for the Curtain to Rise, an Introduction by John Langan Out of Touch Her Father’s Daughter The Deafening Sound of Slumber Unreasonable Doubt Tend Your Own Garden The Nightingale Pale Light in the Jungle An Indelible Stain upon the Sky Something New Mr. Kneale Everything Floats When Sorrows Come Afterword