Dream: Tales from the Pikes Peak Writers

Whether you are awake or asleep, dreams take your mind and open it to a kaleidoscope of dreamscapes you never knew could exist. In a blink, the dream can transform from a bloody war to a little boy escaping his troubled childhood with his action figures.
In this second anthology from the Pikes Peak Writers, you will take a journey through the creative minds of the twenty-seven writers who penned the following works based on a simple one-word prompt - Dream. Let yourself experience worlds in a spirit-filled house, on a pirate ship, or teeter on the precipice of Hell. Then, with the turn of a page, walk through the beauty of far-off lands, watch purple ducks on a yellow pond, or run with terror through a town filled with monsters. Enjoy this stroll down a crooked path that could hold your worst nightmare or your most beloved wish. Be careful what you wish for, a genie may be lurking in the labyrinth of your mind waiting to be set free.
From the Author
In this anthology, my story THE LAST EMBER FADES is about a lone man, surrounded by "monsters" who are, in actuality, all the people he once considered neighbors, friends, and family.
He alone, through his OCD and determination to carry forward the mantle of humanity's best achievements, hasn't undergone the "change" that everybody else has.
When the loneliness gets to be too much, he somehow switches them back to their former humanity, if only for an hour or so, just to have somebody else to talk to. Eventually, they ask him to stop reverting them. They are happier in their new roles of evolved humanity.
Will he change to be like them, or will he hold on to keep the flame of humanity alive?
- Lou J Berger, author