Story: "What Causes Nightmares?" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Bill Willigham (plot, script)
Albert Monteys (pencils, inks)
Todd Klein (letters)
Daniel Vozzo (colors)
Jamison (color separations)
Shelly Bond (edits)

Feature Character:

Peter Starlight (first appearance; a dream director and head of Director of Dreams and a member of the Royal Society of Dreamweavers)

Supporting Characters:

Winkling (first appearance; a dream director and head of Shadows on Demand)
Bertram (first appearance; a nightmare)

Other Characters:

Mister Lawrence Scoskie (first appearance; a dreamer)
inhabitants of the Dreaming

Synopsis:

Mister Winkling, a director of Dreams, goes on a vacation and is replaced by his colleague Peter Starlight, who gives their subject, a Mister Scoskie, nightmares like he’s never had before.

Second Story: "Do Dreams Sleep and Have Other Dreams of Their Own?" (7 Pages)

Credits:

Bill Willigham (plot, script)
Duncan Fegredo (pencils, inks)
Todd Klein (letters)
Daniel Vozzo (colors)
Jamison (color separations)
Shelly Bond (edits)

Feature Characters:

Jerome
Marlo (first appearance of both; dreams; appear as Greg and Dee in Gregory and Goldie's dream)

Supporting Characters:

Gregory
Goldie
Cain (all three last in Sandman Presents: Merv Pumpkinhead, Agent of D.R.E.A.M.)

Other Characters:

Inhabitants of the Dreaming

Synopsis:

The gargoyles Gregory and Goldie take a nap and start dreaming, which gives their colleagues Jerome and Marlo some extra work... and an erotic experience.

Third Story: "Why Are So Many Dreams Sexual in Nature?" (2 Pages)

Credits:

Bill Willigham (plot, script)
Kevin Nowlan (pencils, inks)
Todd Klein (letters)
Daniel Vozzo (colors)
Jamison (color separations)
Shelly Bond (edits)

Feature Character:

Mervyn Pumpkinhead (last in Sandman Presents: Merv Pumpkinhead, Agent of D.R.E.A.M.)

Supporting Character:

An unnamed female dream (first appearance)

Synopsis:

Merv persuades a cute female dream to do an audition for an erotic dream company.

Fourth Story: "Why Do Some People Dream in Color and Others in Black & White?" (4 Pages)

Credits:

Bill Willigham (plot, script)
Jason Little (pencils, inks)
Todd Klein (letters)
Daniel Vozzo (colors)
Jamison (color separations)
Shelly Bond (edits)

Feature Character:

Nuala (last in Dreaming #60)

Supporting Characters:

Lucien the Librarian (last in Sandman Presents: Merv Pumpkinhead, Agent of D.R.E.A.M.)
Mervyn Pumpkinhead

Other Characters:

An unnamed dream producer (first appearance)
Dunley (first appearance; Nuala's assistant)
a dream crew

Synopsis:

Lucien gives Nuala a chance to direct her own dream. She over-enthusiastically goes to work and creates her own personal color scheme.

Fifth Story: "What Causes Recurring Dreams?" (9 Pages)

Credits:

Bill Willigham (plot, script)
Mark Buckingham (pencils, inks)
Todd Klein (letters)
Daniel Vozzo (colors)
Jamison (color separations)
Shelly Bond (edits)

Feature Character:

Mervyn Pumpkinhead

Supporting Characters:

Lucien the Librarian

Other Characters:

A monster under the bridge
a dormouse society
a big fish
a mermaid, and a foggy swamp player (first appearance for all)

Synopsis:

Lucien assigns Mervyn to deliver a bunch of dream plays to the foggy swamp players. Merv loses the lot on the way and instead persuades the actor to “repeat all of last week's scripts over and over, until you get it right.”

Sixth Story: "Are There Really Universal Symbols Which Occur in Dreams and Can Be Interpreted by Experts?" (2 Pages)

Credits:

Bill Willigham (plot, script)
Jason Little (pencils, inks)
Todd Klein (letters)
Daniel Vozzo (colors)
Jamison (color separations)
Shelly Bond (edits)

Feature Character:

Nuala

Supporting Characters:

Cluracan
The Stag (both last in Dreaming #49)
Abel (last in Sandman Presents: Merv Pumpkinhead, Agent of D.R.E.A.M.)
Cain
Goldie
Gregory
Danny Nod (last in Dreaming #55)

Other Characters:

The unnamed dream producer
the dream crew

Synopsis:

Nuala continues her over-ambitious director’s career, and drives her producer and the crew crazy.

Seventh Story: "Why Aren't You Supposed to Wake a Sleepwalker?" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Bill Willigham (plot, script)
Niko Henrichon (pencils, inks)
Todd Klein (letters)
Daniel Vozzo (colors)
Jamison (color separations)
Shelly Bond (edits)

Feature Characters:

Brute
Glob (both last in Dreaming #60; both next in Lucifer #15)

Supporting Characters:

Lucien the Librarian
Mervyn Pumpkinhead

Other Characters:

Stan
Fran (first appearance of both; a married couple)
Mister Fluffyboots (first appearance; a cat)
a horde of nightmares (first appearance for all)

Synopsis:

Fran wakes her sleepwalking husband Stan abruptly and thus lets loose a horde of nightmare creatures in their house. They have a wild party until Lucien comes to take them home.

Eighth Story: "Why is It Often So Hard to Remember Your Dreams?" (2 Pages)

Credits:

Bill Willigham (plot, script)
Jason Little (pencils, inks)
Todd Klein (letters)
Daniel Vozzo (colors)
Jamison (color separations)
Shelly Bond (edits)

Feature Character:

Nuala

Supporting Characters:

Lucien the Librarian
Goldie
Danny Nod

Synopsis:

Nuala is devastated over blowing her deadline of her dream directing debut, but Lucien comforts her.