His Dream Lover
by
Lee Brazil
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Through
the gates of the sun lies the land of dreams, and beyond that...the realm of
the lost.
In
a private hospital room, motionless and still beneath a sheet, lies Joseph
Caldwell. His surgery has passed, to all intents and purposes, successfully.
The doctors offer no explanation for why he hasn't awakened from the medically
induced coma. The stream of visitors trickles down to nothing, and still he
lies in endless sleep. Nearly everyone has given up any hope for his recovery.
Anaesthesiologist
Oliver Gideon is racked with guilt and confusion. Could he have somehow done
something wrong? His superiors assure him he is not at fault, the science he
reviews tells him his dosages were correct, but the longer Caldwell sleeps the
more Oliver is haunted by the loneliness of the figure in the bed. He spends every possible moment with the
patient, reading, talking, trying to fill the little room with sound, to stir a
response that science isn't sure is possible.
Morpheus,
King of Dreams has welcomed Joseph to his realm. Some dreams, he explains, are
true, and some are false. There's only one way tell. Joseph loves the dream
world Morpheus has woven for him, for in it, he's found something he never
found in reality—a soul mate. For the first time, his life is perfect.
In
the end, he has to choose. He cannot stay in the Realm of Morpheus forever.
It's either back to the land of the sun, and potential loneliness or on to the
realm of the lost.
Reader
Advisory: This story has been previously released as part of the 50s Mixed Tape
anthology by Totally Bound.
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