Take a very normal even, especially in today crisis era, insomnia, and turn it in a paranormal experience.

As the title suggest, this is the introduction story of a new series, Crane, nickname Sandman, is a sleep therapist, a man who, with some special oils and his wonderful hands, helps people find the lost sleep. And if, in doing so, he also frees the environment from some nasty demons, well, it’s not mandatory that the unwilling guests of those demons are aware of that.

Len is a very worried accountant: he is preparing a financial report for the firm he works for, and depending on the results in that report, other people will loose or not their jobs. Not exactly a good position for Len, and all the stress is turning in him losing sleep. One Friday night his friends literally drag him on their usual nightclub, and here Len has the chance to speak with his dreamdate, Andrew Gibbons, nickname Gibbs. Typical, when you are at the lower level of your attractiveness, the man you are dreaming on for months decide to pay you attention. But Gibbs apparently is not searching for a one night stand; instead he is offering Len with a solution to his problem, the help of The Sandman, a very special friend.

It’s only a short story, and I think that the author is using it only as preface for the real story: Len and Gibbs are not even the true main characters, Crane and Sven are. This is like a transition step, the link between reality, represented by Len and his sleep problem, and the otherworld, Crane and his hunt for the sleep demons. Being like that, even if there is the hint of paranormal, this short story is still more on the reality side, Len is still a very normal man, with a very normal crush on Gibbs, and Gibbs, even if he knows someone special to help Len, is still more interesting in Len as a man, and in Len’s body, than in any paranormal event. So the wrap up is an ordinary one, a lazy Saturday late morning / early afternoon in bed, two new lovers and their possible future right there, at hand reach; the unordinary stuff is delayed to the next appointment.

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