(fictitious character from gaiman)

"Wayfarers from throughout time, myth and imagination seek shelter from the fury of a reality storm in the welcoming halls of a mysterious inn. As they wait out the tempest raging around them, the travelers share stories of the places they have been, the things they have seen...and those that they have dreamed"--Back cover.

A group of young New Yorkers are drawn through a crack in the wall that separates the waking world from the Dreaming, where they find everything to be strange, yet somehow familiar.

"Ten thousand years ago, Morpheus condemned a woman who loved him to Hell. Now the other members of his immortal family, The Endless, have convinced the Dream King that this was an injustice. To make it right, Morpheus must return to Hell to rescue his banished love -- and Hell's ruler, the fallen angel Lucifer, has already sworn to destroy him"--Provided by publisher.

The entire world is placed at risk when three dreams escaped from the Dreaming into the waking world meet up with Rose Walker, a young woman searching for her brother.

"A . . . tale of the forces that exist beyond life and death, this first of four volumes . . . collects the story arcs "Preludes and Nocturnes," The Doll's House," and "Dream Country," [and] . . . including the first comic to ever win a World Fantasy Award, issue #19's "A Midsummer Night's Dream"--Back cover.

A collection of eight comics that introduce the series' lead character, the Sandman, Lord of Dreams.