DREAMLOADER: Long Listed for the Times-Chickenhouse Award

by Steve Lee

‘The only life you live is the one in your head.’ Corrigan rattles out the line like he’s said it to a thousand unsuspecting kids. ‘In Dreamloading you choose what you’re going to dream about then we seed your mind with material that will come back to you during REM sleep - that’s when your dreams are at their most deliciously vivid.’ He smiles. ‘Perhaps you’ve already thought what you might like to include?’Jay, Amy and Wodge are three teenagers living in London, bored with everyday life, and desperate to find excitement. They encounter Corrigan, a man who offers the Dreamloader service through which, he says, they can seed their dreams with hand-picked content. But in a tale of deceit and blackmail the three teenagers discover that their sanity and even their lives are under threat.Teenage mystery, horror and fantasy combine in this gripping story. (TM Literary Review)

236 pages, Paperback

Published March 6, 2021