The Sandman (Heathen Short)

Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (1776-1822) was a German Romantic author of fantasy and Gothic horror, as well as a jurist, composer, music critic, and artist. From 1816 to 1817, he published Night Pieces, a collection of eight stories in two volumes. Largely ignored upon release, several tales later drew significant analysis, with "The Sandman" emerging as Hoffmann's most enduring work. A delirious tale of shattered vision and spiritual dismemberment, the uncanny here is no mere trick of pe...