Let the Old Dreams Die


Let the Old Dreams Die is a short story collection by Swedish writer John Ajvide Lindqvist. The bulk of the stories were originally published in Sweden in 2005 under the title Pappersväggar. Quercus published the first English-language release in 2011, with the addition of the title story "Let the Old Dreams Die".
The title story is a sequel to Lindqvist's 2004 vampire novel Let the Right One In. Also included is "The Final Processing", a sequel to Lindqvist's horror novel Handling the Undead. In 2018 the story "Border" was adapted into a feature film.

Contents

  • "Border"
  • "A Village in the Sky"
  • "Equinox"
  • "Itsy Bitsy"
  • "The Substitute"
  • "Eternal/Love"
  • "To Put My Arms Around You, to Music"
  • "Majken"
  • "Paper Walls"
  • "Final Processing"
  • "Tindalos"
  • "Let the Old Dreams Die"

Reception

Terrence Rafferty of The New York Times wrote: