Dreaming While Awake

by Toni Bunnell

It has been said that if you are sleep-deprived for long enough you will start to hallucinate, see images of things that do not exist, during daylight hours. Such a phenomenon could well be described as ‘dreaming while awake’. Most dreams will vanish from our conscious minds forever once we are awake. But what about those dreams that hold us in their thrall? That come back night after night to haunt us? Some are terrifying for those amongst us who have nightmares, while others are pleasant or at least benign. Dreaming while awake is full of endless possibilities. Who is to say what is real and what is not? When you look around you and see an image floating past, what if you could reach into the image and enter it, exactly as you enter a dream? Following every twist and turn, not turning back, not knowing where the dream will take you and when, or if, it will end. Would you take that risk? Would you reach into the dream and enter it, leaving behind the real world, possibly forever? Would you take the chance, make a leap of faith, clutch at it with both hands? This is the story of four people who did exactly that.....
No-one saw the figure that shifted slightly in the shadows in the alleyway beside the pub. A figure that seemed to hardly exist at all and whose substance seemed to come from the shadows themselves. As the breeze moved through the alleyway the figure seemed to alter shape, much as a swirling mist or fog twists and turns upon itself, giving the impression that a person exists when, in fact, there is no-one there.....

128 pages, ebook

First published December 14, 2014

About the author

I am a musician, a wildlife biologist and a writer of songs and stories. Born in Manchester I moved to Liverpool in time to catch the birth of the Mersey Beat. In the early 80s I lived and worked in Heidelberg, Germany and moved to York in 1983 where I now live. I have run a hedgehog rescue centre for 27 years and grow vegetables on an allotment.
I have published 7 books as paperbacks and 8 ebooks and am about to publish my 14th novel. I like to write on diverse topics, including gothic and parallel world themes. My latest book, The Dark Mirror, is a crime thriller with a supernatural twist.