It's been two years since I read Sandman. Not that I disliked it, I thought volume 1 was solid, and I REALLY enjoyed volume 2. But I just had so much on my backlog and Sandman is a pretty heavy read. Still, I saw my complete collection sitting on the shelf and figured why not read volume 3. This one is basically 4 individual stories kind of connected with Morpheus in the background or somewhere in the story.

First story is about Calliope and it's kind of disturbing. A writer has a bad case of writer's block. He's freaking out badly and decides to find a famous writer and ask for help. The old man who had kidnapped the muse Calliope offers her to the new writer to give him ideas. The writer gladly accepts and upon getting her back to his house rapes her. This gives him new ideas. Disturbing? Very much so. But Gaiman just taps into the psyche of a sicko who would do anything for fame, and this guy fits the bill. When Dream finds out goes to see what he can do.

You also have a story about the past and present of cats and their life. What they are, and how they are enslaved. The next one is A Midsummer Night's Dream and it's my least favorite story. While the cat story was weird but interesting, this one was kind of boring despite a couple of spots I enjoyed.

Gaiman luckily saves the best for last. Façade is about Urania Blackwell, who is element girl. She wants to die but it's not easy. Anything she does she can survive, and having a "disgusting" body makes her hate herself. She's scared she'll never dies. But Death, aka the best character, comes to visit her.

This is a pretty solid collection of stories. I'll be honest only the last one really blew me away. Though I do like the first two as well. But Summer really dragged it down for me and it's probably the longest one. Saying that this is still a 3.5 out of 5.