<p>The profoundly original and wildly entertaining short stories of a legendary <i>Twilight Zone </i>writer</p><p>It is only natural that Charles Beaumont would make a name for himself crafting scripts for <i>The Twilight Zone</i>—for his was an imagination so limitless it must have emerged from some other dimension. <i>Perchance to Dream</i> contains a selection of Beaumont’s finest stories including five that he later adapted for <i>Twilight Zone</i> episodes.</p><p>Beaumont dreamed up fantasies so vast and varied they burst through the walls of whatever box might contain them. Supernatural horror noir science fiction fantasy pulp and more—all were equally at home in his wondrous mind. These are stories where lions stalk the plains classic cars rove the streets and spacecraft hover just overhead. Here roam musicians magicians vampires monsters toreros extraterrestrials androids and perhaps even the Devil himself. With dizzying feats of master storytelling and joyously eccentric humor Beaumont transformed his nightmares and reveries into impeccably crafted stories that leave themselves indelibly stamped upon the walls of the mind. In Beaumont’s hands nothing is impossible; it all seems plausible even likely.</p>