“Sleep is the enterprise all society fights most fiercely, second only to love. Seeing a sleeper irritates a man, reminds him that he too is a sleeper, and that before twelve hours are up, he too will succumb.â€
The latest issue of The Coffin Factory—the third for this august up-and-comer!—features Jean Ferry’s solemn yet witty consideration of sleep, “On the Frontiers of Plasterâ€. Readers may remember Ferry’s short story, “The Society Tiger,†from the same 1953 collection (The Engineer) featured last fall at Weird Fiction Review.