Slumber’s Apprentice
Chapter 1
6 min readJan 6, 2021
Hemingway taught me that you should never start a story with a dream. I looked for a way around it, but I see no other possibility. Because the majority of my life has taken part in a dream, except for a brief hiatus into the world of her mind. So I will start my story with a dream, and I will likely end it with one too, just as I will one day cease. But is it really an issue then, to start my story with a…