Playboy #5
"Three-Faced" is a striking, self-contained story from 1967’s Playboy #5, written and illustrated entirely by Claude Smith, whose singular vision drives this quiet, unsettling tale. As a man unable to sleep wanders through his apartment, he encounters a woman sleepwalking down the hall—only to mimic her movements in a chilling act of mimicry, blurring the line between waking and dreaming. The cover by Claude Smith complements the story’s eerie, introspective mood.
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A man is unable to sleep, so gets up and gets dressed. As he leaves his apartment he sees a woman in a nightgown sleepwalking down the hall. He goes back into his apartment and comes back dressed in pajamas and pretends to sleepwalk in the same direction as the woman.
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