Anitha Krishnan - The Dream Pedlar (Page 3)

heaps of green, orange, and purple coloured cauliflowers on a shelf in a grocery store

tales for dreamers

tales for dreamers: pretty cauliflowers for sale

Cauliflowers now come in every colour other than white. And it's not for the reasons that spring into your mind first.

black forest birthday cake with candles, cherries and a 'Happy Birthday Ann' message

life, unadulterated

Happy Birthday to me!

Completing 45 revolutions around the sun!

driftwood floating in the middle of a lake with muddy brown water under a grey sky

tales for dreamers

tales for dreamers: adrift

What's the point of driftwood? What purpose does its existence serve? Perhaps there is something to be learnt from its state of constant buoyancy.

a poster on a wall saying 'Smile. If we did well, ring the bell,' with an image of a bell at the bottom

tales for dreamers

tales for dreamers: the call for validation

You can express your appreciation by ringing the bell. Will you? That is one question, yes. But the real question is not whether they pleased you enough to merit your appreciation. The real question is something else altogether.

a planner opened to a monthly schedule page, a cup of black coffee, and a basket of bread on a white table

Programming Update for Tales for Dreamers

Pausing the Tales For Dreamers series - both written and audio tales - from December onwards

deflated monsters - a witch, a pumpkin, ghosts - scattered on the hedges and the front lawn of a house

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tales for dreamers: fair compensation for hardworking monsters

Everyone wishes to be compensated for their work. These monsters are no exception. But their demands are very different than what you and I would ask for. Find out what they are in this short whimsical tale. A Halloween special! Happy Halloween! 👻🎃

the sun rising over the shores of Lake Ontario

monthly missives

October Opulence: Monthly Missives from The Dream Pedlar

Ebook gifts for you, Halloween-themed flash fiction and audio tales, and reflecting on how stories foster human connection in unexpected ways

pink-toned silhouettes of mountain ranges and a solo hiker in the foreground

field notes from liminal spaces

4 a.m. musings

On reclaiming our sanity and creativity from the clutches of anxiety in these times when the world feels as though it is burning down

two tiny skeletons hung on the front door of a house with fall leaf decoration and pumpkins

tales for dreamers

tales for dreamers: new caretakers in charge

The owners of this home have appointed new caretakers to keep out the pesky neighbourhood kids. How good do you think these miniature creatures likely are at their job? Read this short fantasy tale, a quirky and whimsical flash fiction piece, to find out.

silhouette of a metal sculpture featuring a pole atop which is a two-faced head with the two faces looking out in opposite direction

tales for dreamers

tales for dreamers: the head with two faces

There’s a head with two faces that sits atop a tall metal pole under the vast sky. One face speaks only the truth. The other tells only lies. But no one’s ever figured out which one’s which. At first the village folk tried to solve the mystery

a foggy landscape with silhouettes of trees in the foreground

field notes from liminal spaces

talking to the demons that greet us faithfully every morning

About the insecurities that we face at the first light of dawn, and addressing them with gentle acceptance and great self-compassion

a skeleton rising from the rooftop of a split-level house decorate with Halloween decorations on the front lawn

tales for dreamers

tales for dreamers: skeletons from your closet

The skeletons are emerging from your closet! What have you hidden there? And now that they're out, what will they reveal about you?! 😱

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