The Long Sleep

Expanded from the story Grayworld which appeared in the short story collection Infinity Five. He woke – and discovered that somehow, somewhere, his mind had been ravished, his memory erased, and his only clue to his identity was his Joel. But he was not alone. Around him the omnipresent computers typed out messages he could not decipher. Embracing him was a beautiful woman. Reassuring him was a kindly, white-haired man who told him one lie after another. And pursuing him was a figure without a face who called himself the Sandman. Was Joel the only sane human in a world gone mad? Or was he a hopeless maniac living out hid fearful fantasies? Joel’s long sleep was over – and his nightmare had just begun.