“Lucid Dreams” by Scott Melrose and Deng Vermesse

“Lucid Dreams” by Scott Melrose and Deng Vermesse, lettered by Ken Reynolds, a macabre and haunting dream of death for one tortured soul… with a sting in its tail.

“Death Duty” by John Freeman & David Hailwood, art by Brett Burbridge

“Death Duty” by John Freeman & David Hailwood, art by Brett Burbridge, lettered by Ken Reynolds – Travis Wilson’s nightmare continues into the real world, after a mysterious woman forces him to revisit his past… and tries to make him face up to the future. Death Duty is part of the WarWorldz Shared Universe project and there’s more about “Death Duty” here on downthetubes.

“Living the Dream” by David Hailwood, art by Tony Suleri

“Living the Dream” by David Hailwood, art by Tony Suleri, Remix by John Kirkham – Are a man’s crazy dreams of sun surfing and battling aliens on far flung worlds real or delusional?

“Black and White and Read All Over” by Stu Smith and David Hailwood, art by Neil Alexander, lettered by Ken Reynolds – a one page zombie chiller. Literally…

“The Heartless Mind” by Oscar Maltby, art by Dave Snell

“The Heartless Mind” by Oscar Maltby, art by Dave Snell, lettered by Ken Reynolds – Mummifcation. What if the afterlife it promises is true? Is there hope for everyone in the world beyond? one Egyptian is determined to find out… whatever the cost!

John Freeman

The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Star Trek Explorer (previously known as Star Trek Magazine) and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War and “Dan Dare”. He’s the writer of "Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies" for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs” with Dave Hailwood.