Bespoke Nightmares
ShortStory 2,828 words Recommended by 2 award/anthology sources
"The sign on the door said Dreams Not Sold Here, and I mostly stuck to it. Dreams were extensive and exhausting projects, not to mention expensive. Nightmares, on the other hand, were quick. On a good day, I could stitch up a hundred off-the-rack ones: you’re late for something important; your teeth are falling out; there’s someone looming over you."
Content warnings 2
deathviolence
Quasar links out; the story lives on Strange Horizons, where the author gets the click.