However, one of them, the “sandman,” is truly ... hosted by local horror writer Justin Holley, Staples told audience members the theme for this book is maximalist — opulent and grandiose.

with some bits of the short stories in book three scattered among some other stuff." Of course, now we have news that Netflix may not even call the next batch of "Sandman" episodes "season two ...

But this summary makes the book sound more serious than it is. What horror exists in these pages is blunted by the novel’s persistent tendency toward moralizing. Take, for example, the first ...