Reviews

"These dark, genre-blended stories have the same seeming veracity as dreams (no matter what happens, you believe it). The writing is detailed and patient, the characters, original and compelling, and the stories unfold with a sense of strange wonder that leaves a reader in their spell. When you finish one, it's only then you realize you'd been in the underworld, and it's like waking from a nightmare." - Jeffrey Ford"Underworld Dreams contains a suite of tales that are tender, dangerous, and beguiling. Braum trades in fantastical imagery, yet his words are ever relatable to the human experience in all its splendor and melancholy." - Laird Barron"The dark unreality and ambiguity of these stories make this collection an easy pick for fans of weird fiction." - Publishers Weekly"Haunted men, dangerous women, and enough unearthed treasures to sink a ship: Daniel Braum writes with the same gritty and salt-sprayed flair as coastal-town masters like Kem Nunn and Lucius Shepard but with a spirited voice all his own. Underworld Dreams is a wild, noir-infused ride that's well worth taking." - Robert Levy"In these deeply melancholic stories, Braum writes of relationships with all the skill of our best realists, but always punctuates and torques his observations with a suspicion of the strange and the unreal. Underworld Dreams is an original high-wire act that deftly walks the thin line between genres without ever slipping." - Brian Evenson"In Underworld Dreams, Braum takes the reader through a series of mystical vignettes packed with strange occurrences, intense emotion, and, yes, flat-out horror. Unsettling, violent and heartbreaking, this is a collection that weaves the supernatural into real characters and emotions so effortlessly it'll linger in your head and your heart, like a nightmare you don't recall having survived." - Philip Fracassi