The Dreaming (Unabridged)

Rosalie Parker runs the independent UK publishing house Tartarus Press with R. B. Russell. Her previous collections include The Old Knowledge (Swan River Press 2010) and Damage (PS Publishing 2016). "In the Garden" was selected for Best New Horror 21 (2010), and "Random Flight" for Best British Horror 2015. Rosalie lives in Coverdale, North Yorkshire, the magnificent landscape of which inspires and sometimes provides the settings for her writing.

THE DREAMING: Dusk is some way off and I stand at the bar, waiting to be served. I've been here often on my way home from work-It's half-empty on early summer evenings, and the staff are efficient and not averse to passing the time in conversation.