Let the Old Dreams Die and Other Stories

John Ajvide Lindqvist

The original novel was published in 2011.

A classic short story collection from the writer called Sweden's Stephen King that continues the breathtaking story begun in the internationally acclaimed classic Let the Right One In.

Because of the two superb films made of John Ajvide Lindqvist’s vampire masterpiece Let the Right One In, millions of people around the world know the story of Oskar and Eli and of their final escape from Blackeberg at the end of the novel. Now at last, in “Let the Old Dreams Die,” the title story in this absolutely stunning collection, we get a glimpse of what happened next to the pair. Fans of Let the Right One In will have to read the story, which is destined to generate much word of mouth both among fans and online.

“Let the Old Dreams Die” is not the only stunner in this collection. In "Final Processing," Lindqvist also reveals the next chapter in the lives of the characters he created in Handling the Undead. “Equinox” is a story of a woman who takes care of her neighbor’s house while they are away and readers will never forget what she finds in the house. Every story meets the very high standard of excellence and fright factor that Lindqvist fans have come to expect. Totally transcending genre writing, these are world class stories from possibly the most impressive horror writer writing today.

Published
September 2012
Original title
Låt de gamla drömmarna dö
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John Ajvide Lindqvist

John Ajvide Lindqvist has spent much of his career finding the human pulse inside monsters. Vampires, the returning dead, trolls and other impossible things inhabit his fiction, but the real unease often comes from somewhere closer to home: loneliness, cruelty, childhood vulnerability, grief, obsession, and the unsettling things ordinary people are capable of doing to one another. Born in Sweden in 1968, Lindqvist grew up in Blackeberg, a Stockholm suburb that would later become inseparable from his literary breakthrough. His route to writing horror was anything but conventional. Before publishing novels, he worked as a magician and spent…