Steerage (War Bride)
“My daughter’s line will be struck out, as that on so many others’ cards have been. Hasty burials at sea.”
Stories Poems Essays
The Namesake and the Unnamed
She was like a hummingbird, always flighty and in movement, but my mother’s eyes were glued to the screen this time…
Left Home Torn
“Each fall the sharp-eyed gannets arrived in long lines, plunging from the sky and learning how to swallow underwater.”
The Last of Something
“He kept digging. The sound of the shovel reverberating off the rocks as if inside a sepulcher.”
A Bed as a Nest
Aching claws and depression and addiction so deep, she sometimes just wants to sleep in her bed forever.
2023 Micro Nonfiction Story Writing Contest Results
Congratulations to the winners of the 2023 Dreamers Micro Nonfiction Story Writing Contest, for nonfiction stories between 100-300 words.
Poetry Writing: Tips, Techniques, and Inspiration
Explore the beauty & complexity of poetry writing with Dreamers. Discover tips, techniques, & inspiring poems to ignite your creativity.
The Mislaid Words of Gladys Prose
One evening, slumped over his supper of boiled carrots and potatoes, Walter told her that there had been a meeting.
Counseling in the Time of Covid
As spring morphed into summer an idea sprung forth – a sanctuary on the veranda. It would be a soothing space.