No-Sleep

By Hank Fredo

Rex Roth is hearing voices and he can't make it stop. It can't be a result of the meds, Somnum – the miracle drug keeping sleep at bay, and it can't be insomnia. The doctor would tell him otherwise. It's just the stress of the job. He's been investigating Madame Vu's Emporium and Gift Shop for the past nine months, but his investigation has hit a wall. That is, until he gets a mysterious text pitching his investigation topsy turvy and sending him tumbling down the rabbit hole, where insanity is hidden in the jewelled hair of the illustrious Madame Vu and the gaping mouths of monsters of nightmare, to a new world where toilet tops are weapons and the hammer of hope is his friend. Rex might just make it out of this night alive and he might just get the answers he's looking for, but they won't be the ones he wants, and he may never be the same.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Seagull Editions
• Release date: May 18, 2023
• ISBN: 9798223978084

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