tales for dreamers - The Dream Pedlar (Page 3)

a pole with signs labeled 2 and 3 with arrows pointing left and right, respectively, with a large letter C and a lighthouse design on the top

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tales for dreamers: destinations wrongly numbered

How do you follow a signpost that keeps changing the directions it shows you? Find out in this flash fiction tale of misleading paths and quiet revelations!

a branch of pink bleeding heart flowers in a garden

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tales for dreamers: bleeding hearts

This is a love story. It has a witch in it. Which is probably why a happy ending may be hard to come by.

a red apple lying on a gravel trail with tents and people milling about in the distant background on a sunny day under blue skies

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tales for dreamers: the poisoned apple

Is the apple poisoned? If it is, or isn't, what will you do?

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tales for dreamers: at the end of a pilgrimage

It is a difficult path to travel. What will you find at the end of your journey?

a wagon positioned on a muddy field surrounded by orange cones and boards stating 'Do not climb or play on wagon'.

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tales for dreamers: invisible horses for the wagon

The abandoned wagon has quite an interesting history. Sadly it has fallen into disuse. What could possibly revive it?

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tales for dreamers: coyote area

No one has seen a coyote in these parts. Where do you reckon we'll find one?

a suburban house with a lone bay window lit with green light from within and overlooking a front lawn

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tales for dreamers: where all quests come to an end

Everybody knows how to set out on a quest. But how will you know where it ends?

a metal stairway in a caged enclosure by the side of a cliff

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tales for dreamers: stairway to the above-world

There is a stairway that leads you to the higher realms in the above-world. But how far it will take you depends on how badly you want to get there. Ready to find out?

a bucket affixed to the trunk of a sugar maple tree for tapping and to collect sap

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tales for dreamers: when the sugar maple weeps

The sugar maple cries before the onset of every spring. If you ask her, she'll tell you why she's shedding all those tears.

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tales for dreamers: the necessity of flowers

Every seeker yearns for a guide. Quite often, the guide appears in an utterly unexpected form. More often, they can do very little to help the seeker.

a tiny creature, clad in orange, disappearing behind a boulder down a bend in a woodland trail

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tales for dreamers: about my favourite woodland creature

Of all beings in this universe, one in my indisputable favourite. Let me tell you more about it.

full moon glowing in a strangely pale blue night sky

Tales from February 2025

tales for dreamers: a sticker for a moon

A fortnight ago the sun went missing. This week there's something wrong with the moon. What's going on?

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