Mark Genevich is a South Boston P.I. with a little problem: he's narcoleptic, and he suffers from the most severe symptoms, including hypnogogic hallucinations. These waking dreams wreak havoc for a guy who depends on real-life clues to make his living. Clients haven't exactly been beating down the door when Mark meets Jennifer Times - daughter of the powerful local D.A. and a contestant on American Star - who walks into his office with an outlandish story about a man who stole her fingers. He awakes from his latest hallucination alone, but on his desk is a manila envelope containing risque photos of Jennifer. Are the pictures real, and if so, is Mark hunting a blackmailer, or worse? Wildly imaginative and with a pitch-perfect voice, "The Little Sleep" is the first in a new series that casts a fresh eye on the rigors of detective work, and introduces a character who has a lot to prove - if only he can stay awake long enough to do it.

保罗·崔布雷曾三次获得布莱姆·斯托克奖。他是短篇小说的多产大师，其作品常出现在《剃刀》杂志、《CHIZINE》、《奇幻故事》等刊物上。他曾获过全美最佳短篇小说奖和最受欢迎奇幻故事奖，以及2007年最佳恐怖故事奖。 崔布雷的写作调侃荒诞，却又诡谲温暖。他的故事中虽然也有死亡和暴力，却没有血腥和骇人，这使他甚至获得了许多女性读者和青少年的喜爱。他居住在马萨诸塞州，有数学硕士学位。