Night falls early around Christmastime in Dreamscape. The world seems so quietly eager to go to sleep on Christmas Eve. It slips under the dark cover of snow clouds and pulls us all into soft slumber with it. And in the cold still evening, all the lights come on. They sparkle down the streets, stringing… Continue reading Dreamscape, IN: Christmas Special
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Dreamscape, IN: Episode 4, Anywhere Else
Read the Prologue: here Wordcount: 384 Part: 5/ongoing Anywhere Else The soft flicker of my vanilla cinnamon pumpkin candle, the steady background of lo-fi music, and the continuous ticking of my little pomodoro timer should have been enough to keep my head in my books all evening. But maybe it was a bit much with my fluffy fleece blanket and… Continue reading Dreamscape, IN: Episode 4, Anywhere Else
Dreamscape, IN: Episode 3 The Cub
Read the Prologue: here Wordcount: 431 Part: 4/ongoing The Cub It had been too cold to leave the window open last night, but I still didn’t shut it. The chill awakened me before my alarm and I lay quiet and still for a while, staring at the pale sky. I sighed and pushed my comforter back, stretching and combing my… Continue reading Dreamscape, IN: Episode 3 The Cub
Dreamscape, IN: Episode 2, They Were Saying
Read the Prologue: here Wordcount: 521 Part: 3/ongoing They Were Saying “Hey, Sarah!” I swear I had never even seen the girl before. I had no idea how she knew my name or recognized me from a distance. She called to me again as I waved hesitantly to her from where I stood preparing to jump on my bike and… Continue reading Dreamscape, IN: Episode 2, They Were Saying
Dreamscape, IN: Episode 1, Between Water and Sky
Read the Prologue: here Wordcount: 583 Part: 2/ongoing Between Water and Sky I thought I saw it as I jumped off the pier into the lake. The air was already cooling as afternoon slid into evening. Summer doesn’t last long in Dreamscape. I tossed my towel off my shoulders and ran down the weathered dock,… Continue reading Dreamscape, IN: Episode 1, Between Water and Sky
Dreamscape, IN: prologue
Last night I climbed out onto the roof outside my bedroom window as I almost always do just before sunset late in the summer. I’m holding onto something. I realize this. School will start in a couple of weeks. I’m seventeen. I have to go back one more time. I wanted to see the clouds… Continue reading Dreamscape, IN: prologue