Jasen Quick's debut novel, The Significant Deaths of Cage and Constance is released today.

To find out more about Jasen, take a look at my interview with him here.

Dreaming, Not Sleeping

Come with me.
The words insinuated themselves into the hushed conversations of my dream, but my tempter remained elusive. Amid the chaos and shattered images that made no sense, his voice remained; a constant lure, drawing me to the shadows, tempting me down nightmare alleys and into windowless rooms - searching. Buildings shifted and changed, evolved and collapsed until I was wandering across wastelands. And so it continued each night– my dreams became empty but for the promises of something I’d always wanted but never found. I didn’t want to wake in the mornings, and bed became a battleground. All I wanted to do was sleep...

Short Excerpt - Story length 2,500 words