(W) Nalo Hopkinson & Various (A) Dominike "Domo" Stanton & Various (CA) Sean Andrew Murray. From her bayou* Erzulie scries upon the mortal realm and sees four human girls open a mysterious and magical journal filled with whispers and rumors that* if they spread* could cause a pandemic unlike any the Earth has seen* with the power to release Sopona* the loa lord of infectious disease and cousin to Erzulie* who is currently banned from the human plane. Meanwhile* a mysterious infection doctors are calling "Cotard's Delusion" spreads* trapping countless souls in the Dreaming and leaving their physical bodies yearning for death. Issues #1-6 of the new series from DC Vertigo are collected here* along with THE SANDMAN UNIVERSE SPECIAL #1. MATURE READERS