April 28, 2022
Serial Story: Noah’s Dream Journal #6
March 2, 3:38 PMMy therapist was surprised to hear I had another dream. He must’ve thought I couldn’t have dreams anymore after a few months. Hell, that’s what I thought. He asked me everything that happened to see if there was anything linking it to the last one, anything new that could mean something, basically anything he could derive meaning from.I told him everything that I had written in the journal, and he too was puzzled at the return of Doc. He tried his best to figure out what Doc meant when he said that I was “cured,” but he had nothing. He tried his best to come up with some optimistic meaning like, “Perhaps you’re cured of these night terrors. You shouldn’t be seeing him any time soon.” I hope so.As much as I’m terrified to see what the night has waiting for me, I want to have another normal dream again. I miss the nights when I didn’t have to fear where I would wake up the next day, or even if I would wake up. I wanted to feel safe again. Maybe that’s what the Doc meant.To be continued…Click these links to read previous entries: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, and Part 5.
—Jake Puestow, Serial Fiction Editor