They're only nightmares… An ailing cop with a supernatural edge takes on a vicious bank gang in broad daylight. A controversial shock comic meets a tabloid journalist at the intersection of depravity and legend. A doomed young man finds his summer of love … and death. Welcome to Nightmare Paint, a collection of 15 pieces of cutting short fiction that will plunge you into the weird, the tragic, the horrifying. Mike Zimmerman, author of Bad Tunes and A Mosquito Over Sunset, offers a first-ever compilation spanning 25 years, previously published and never-before-seen stories combining horror, crime, dark comedy. These are the raw materials of the subconcious. Lights out. Eyes shut. Time to paint. NIGHTMARE PAINT Collected Fiction, Volume One