Diagnostic Dreams
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ANNABEL ROSE: by Emily Joy; 2006/12/14, a ghostbusting dream on... love? sex? what? Edgar Allen Poe confronts his dead girlfriend, who wants to drag him into the grave with her... CAUTION: HUNGRY GHOST, SEX TALK |
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ARCHANGEL: by Wayan; 1997/10/19, a dream-farce--or is it? Sure I've been through hell, but how the hell did that get me elected archangel? And why's my butt itch? CAUTION: ITCHY BUTT |
| THE ARTERIA: by Wayan; 1994/5/24, a raw, personal tale of three nightmares. Hypnotherapy provokes nightmares of body-part shops, secret libelers, and madmen in space... |
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| AWAKENING HURTS: by Wayan; 1993/7/4, a dreamtale. An old friend's awakening from anorexic asexuality. Puberty at 30? And wait a minute... is she me? |
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THE AXE OF DEATH: by Catherine McDiarmid Paton; c. 1830, a grisly predictive nightmare. She dreamt Death attacked her but her youngest daughters bravely fought back--and died. Three months later... CAUTION: VIOLENCE |
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BACKACHE DIALOGUES: by Wayan; 1993/12/10, four bizarre diagnostic dreamlets. I asked my dreams why my back hurt. They told me: pregnancy, marsupial pouches, snapping turtles... |
| BAD NANCY!: by "Nancy"; March 1985, a prodromal/diagnostic dream A second me punches me in the breast. I fight back, yelling "Bad Nancy! Bad Nancy!" Five months later I find a malignancy... |
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BAGHEERA SUGGESTS LOVAGE: by Wayan; 1993/7/31, a Jungle Book dream The panther in the Jungle Books was really female. I grew up with her cub... |
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THE BEES' ANSWER: by Wayan; 1994/8/2, a diagnostic dream. A bee-doctor in the city of Propolopolis diagnoses me as having a rare syndrome, Ambition Denied... |
| BIKE FROM A BOMB: by Wayan; 1981/3/14, a bikemare. Idiotically, I bet I can escape an atomic bomb on my bike. Maybe if I ignore stoplights... CAUTION: IRRESPONSIBLE WEAPONS USE |
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BLONDIE AND CRAZY: by Wayan; 1984/12/25, a warning dream Quiet Blondie seemed sane enough, especially compared to her driven, talkative friend Crazy, until... CAUTION: NUDITY, A LITTLE BLOOD |
| THE BOSS'S GUTS: by Wayan; 1993/6/3, a dream on health-sabotage.. Flu. Ow, cramps! But that night I dream of a miner's rebellion against our fat-cat boss. Which side am I on? |
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| BOTH MOURN, BOTH DIE: by "J.H., Esquire", 1694/12/9, a double premonitory dream J.H. dreamt both his mother and Queen Mary appeared in mourning. Within days, both were dying... |
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BRICK AND SKIN: by Wayan; 1988/10/18, a dream of spiritual stretching. I'm analog myself, but in Tibet, I meet a digital shaman whose body's a sort of ... |
| BRUSHWOOD BELLY: by An the Black; Easter 1003, a bizarre predictive dream. An dreams a scary woman pulls his guts out and fills him up with brush! He wakes, gets gutted in a feud, and then... CAUTION: BLOODY VIKINGS! |
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CITY OF BEES: by Wayan; 1994/8/2, a diagnostic dream-comic. A bee-doctor in the city of Propolopolis diagnoses me as having a rare syndrome, Ambition Denied... |
| CLAIRAGONY: by a Philadelphia woman, August 1951, a sympathetic heart attack with one crucial error in its ESP I had a heart attack--but in minutes, it vanished! Then the phone rang. I knew at once my dying mother was gone. But... |
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| CROSSTIME HEALTH RISK: by Wayan; 1999/7/23, a warning dream of parallel worlds. A man learns to hop between time-branches, but like all transportation, this has epidemiological risks... |
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DEER AND SANDSTORM: by Wayan; 1993/3/17, a pre-fever dream. I'm in a hotel by the Great Salt Lake . Deer roam the halls and lap at the drinking fountain... |
| MY DEWCLAW: by Wayan; 1997/6/30; dreams within dreams within dreams Body after body is peeled away revealing truth inside truth... CAUTION: GROTESQUE |
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| DIAGNOSTIC BATTERY: by Wayan; 1988/4/20, a nightmare of sorts. My sister's new guru tests me psychologically--only it looks like an engineer's test to destruction... CAUTION: EMOTIONAL CRUELTY |
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| DIPHTHERIA SPECK: by an Outback man; before 1961, a diagnostic dream with a tight deadline I dreamed our physician said our son had diphtheria. When I woke, we found a tiny white spot in his throat. But by the time the doctor arrived... |
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| DISEASE OF THE HEART: by Virginia Woolf; 1929/11/2, a false diagnostic dream--or is it? I dream I have just six months to live. I go through a dozen phases and moods, preparing for death... |
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THE DREAMSUIT: by Wayan; 1992/7/12, a dream on unconscious programming. An experimental helmet knocks me out. I'm groggy, miserable, till I learn what it did to others... |
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EIGHT ELFLOCKS: by Wayan; 2007/8/11, an absurd psychic sex dream. First I learn strange sex positions from an abused elf and have calligraphic orgasms, then I, uh, turn on my stereo... CAUTION: SEX, ESP, ANORGASMIA, PAST LIVES, ABUSE ISSUES |
| EMBER IN THE BRAIN: by Wayan; 1983/3/31, a dreamtale on anger. I'm the Incredible Hulk, forced to do emergency brain surgery. And the patient's burning from within... CAUTION: VIOLENCE AND UNLICENSED MEDICINE |
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ENGINE GENIUS: by Wayan; 2005/2/4, a health-warning dream. At my mechanic's garage, a child prodigy rebuilds a car engine. Gawking, I nearly plow into the crowd... |
| FATHER LOOMS: by Wayan; 1983/?, a nonliteral diagnostic nightmare. I was a 30ish woman discovering that my chronic pelvic inflammation was from childhood molestation... CAUTION: MOLESTATION IN DREAM-PAST |
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FIGHTING A VIRUS: by Wayan, 1998/11/21, a diagnostic nightmare. Coming down with a virus, I dream of a guy who INSISTS we must fight, it's just so FUN... |
| FILM STARS by Nancy Price; 1948, a surreal predictive/diagnostic dream I'm a film actress, but the producer isn’t happy with my legs, so make-up takes them away to be redone... |
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FIREBIRD AND MINOTAUR: by Wayan; 1996/9/29, 4 images; a diagnostic dreamtale. I'm a cripple watching a sexy Greek Opera starring Whoopi Goldberg. Then I realize I'm in it... |
| HEART-SWING: by Havelock Ellis; c.1920? a dream-conversation with a heart A young woman and I swing one another into the air. I asked her to swing me more slowly and regularly... |
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THE HEDGEHOG DISPENSARY: by Wayan; 440K, 27 watercolors, 2004/10/2, a dream of a furry ambitopia. A rabbit shaman orders his apprentice to drape dead hedgehogs round her neck til she bleeds. Ow! Why? Well... CAUTION: FURRY NUDITY, ABUSIVE MENTOR |
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HILLBILLY ECO-REVOLT: by Wayan; 1985/6/12, a diagnostic eco-dream. A poor planet with one city. Urban technocrats and hick ecologists have conflicting development models... CAUTION: TOO REAL TO BE FUN |
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I MIST MY SISTER: by Cory and Wayan; 212K, 1992/9/20; Cory's healing dream triggers one by Wayan. My housemate's sore back is healed by a dream. So I ask for the same, and get this dream of incest... CAUTION: KARMA, SEX/NUDITY, INCEST ISSUES |
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I TOSSED MUSIC: by Wayan; 1997/9/19, an advisory dream. I asked my dreams "should I return to school?" They replied with this bizarre tale of sabotage... CAUTION: VIOLENCE TO DUMB INSTRUMENTS |
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INDUSTRY'S SHORE: by Wayan; 2008/9/24, a dream poem; Dreamverse #30 In the hills above a polluted shore, I find hidden valleys with huge rare trees, and realize it's my choice... |
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JELLY REBELLION: by Wayan; 2008/8/19, a poem of a diagnostic dream, Dreamverse #9 I interview my own metabolism. Trouble in Cellville! I've got strikers and usurpers. But at least no invaders... |
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LATER IN THE DAY, WE'LL CROSS OVER: by Jenny Badger Sultan; 2009/7/16; a painting from the Box of Dreams I know we will cross the water surrounding the heart of Jerusalem, but not yet... |
| LOSE YOUR TEMPER!: by Emily Joy; 2007/8/30, a tough-love dream. My mom hires a therapist who really goes for my throat! Why is she so desperate to make me lose my... CAUTION: OVER-THE-TOP CONFRONTATION |
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THE MAN WITH THE GUITAR: by Wayan; 233K, 7 illus., 1992/7/4, a psychic dream. A volcano erupts in San Francisco! No human could survive the blast, but one researcher does--what IS he? |
| MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN: by Wayan; 1992/9/5-6, a diagnostic dream. I'm in a tribe of post-Crash kids with psychic powers, trying to keep nukes from rising again... CAUTION: VIOLENCE TOWARD CHILDREN |
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MOA: by Wayan; 1995/9/9, a dream on assertion. I was an avian Mr Niceguy with sore knees, till I got some advice from my supposedly extinct big brother... |
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MOLLY'S PROSTHETIC: by Wayan, 1994/9/22, a dream of handy advice. My dad's new wife is a collie. Naturally, she wants a prosthetic arm. But she has no site to bind it to... CAUTION: BREAST-OBSESSED BUSINESSMAN, DOG WIFE |
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THE MUMMY: by Wayan; 2003/10/13, a Rarebit Fiend nightmare. A horror film and Rick Veitch's dream-comix provoke a nightmare warning me that guilt about my dad is wrecking my life... |
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THE NESS MAN, or, HOW TO HEAL: by Wayan; 50K total, 1994/4/13, a mythic dream. Mythic creatures round a woodland pool want to heal a businessman. Do too many cooks spoil the soup? |
| NEW BODIES: by Dreamy; around 2007/1/25, a transformation dream My best friend and I qualify for new bodies. The new me is taller, but poor Ken may take years adjusting to his new... |
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| NO ONE'S OUT TO GET ME: by Wayan; 1993/12/14, a subtle nightmare. I always thought learning no one's out to get me would be a GOOD thing... |
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NOT OUR HAWAI'I: by Wayan; 2008/8/20, a dream poem; Dreamverse #10 My sister & I swim round a weirdly shrunken Pacific, until, near Fiji, we blunder too close to the drain... |
| THE OLD YOUNG MAN: by Anna Kingsford; 1880/2/21, a dream of a step-in soul Malaria nearly kills a talented young artist; he must retrain from scratch. Why? Well, he's not exactly himself... |
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| PARANOID HABITS: by Wayan; 1994/10/4, a diagnostic dream. I dream a hypnotist elicits a personality who says he obliges my paranoia by giving me weird luck... |
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THE PEAK WHERE I DIED: by Wayan; 1983/1/16. A dark dream-comic. I froze to death trying to climb an icy peak. But I try again, and this time, no holds barred. Wow, am I selfish! But alive... |
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I DREAMED MY PILLS WERE TAKING ME: by Wayan; 2004/3/13, a dirty lie. A dream that'd explain why I quit taking Western medicines--(and why haven't you?) Only I didn't dream it. Just lived it. |
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PIXY CONCUSSION: by Wayan; 200K, 2006/3/25, six images; a diagnostic sex dream? Janet's obsessed with a creepy guy, until her friend Kay--a pixy--decides to knock some sense into her cunt... CAUTION: LANGUAGE, EMBARRASSING SITUATION, NASTY LOVE SPELL |
| THE PLAGUE-CURE: by Wayan; 1996/1/1, a diagnostic dream. A quick, fatal, mosquito-borne plague. Humanity looks doomed till my friends come up with a folk recipe: |
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PLESIOSAUR: by Wayan; 1985/9/5, a medical dream. An itchy patient of mine insists he's turning into a four-headed man-eating plesiosaur. He left one thing out... |
| POISONED!: by Wayan; 1994/6/20, three linked dreams. Poison takes many forms, from attitudes to environmental by-products to actions done deliberately... |
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| POWER OFF: by Wayan; 1997/6//17, a dream of brainwashing. Captain Kirk (Starfleet, retired) saves us all from terrorists at a powerplant, but he forgot something... |
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| PREEMIE; 1951/10/30 by an Oklahoma woman; a predictive dream We were looking at our three-pound premature baby girl. Though tiny she was bright-eyed, active, perfect... |
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PSYCHO-EGG: by Wayan; 1994/8/31, a diagnostic dreamtale. I'm shown a crystal egg with a model of my mind in it. The mapping is unmistakable. How embarrassing!: |
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THE RED SPHERE: by Madeline; 2006/12/13, twin (diagnostic? psychic?) nightmares Calmly, I watch a girl trapped in a lab try to escape, and die; and watch a man lose his head to a hungry thing... CAUTION: GRUESOME |
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SHARK SENSE: by Wayan; 1988/12/9, a diagnostic dreamtale. I'm a circus tiger, then a performing shark. One day, I block my human partner's high dive... Why? |
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SHE CRASHES AND BURNS: by Wayan; 2005/5/7, a diagnostic nightmare. I ask my dreams how to find love. I dream of a 1920s bohemian girl teasing stuffy folk. But her pranks turn dangerous, then deadly... |
| SLOW PARK FIX: by Wayan; 1996/9/24, a diagnostic dreamtale. Infected glass-cuts scar the vegan alligators in the park. As part of a cleanup, I'm told to EAT one... |
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SNAKE PACKAGE: by Jenny Badger Sultan; 2007/5/27 I am given a dehydrated package of dried snake to insert in my vagina. Inside it will unfold and come to life... CAUTION: KIDS, DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME! |
| STARFISH: by Marc Ian Barasch, c. 1985; a multileveled, doubly predictive dream A sacred starfish piloting a Cessna plane survives a crash. But can it survive a boy's clumsy rescue efforts? |
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| TAKE STOCK OF YOUR PELVIS: by Wayan; 1981/1/11, a symbolic not-quite-sex dream. A friend, stockpiling for Armageddon, makes me see that I value something peculiar: the knowledge of... CAUTION: LANGUAGE |
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| THE TAKEOVER: by Lee Olivier; 2004/6/28, a triple diagnostic nightmare An alien is taking over our world, and I feel so helpless that even when I wake I want to just forget the dream... |
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| THE TAPED WOUND: by Wayan; 1997/10/7, a dream on old tapes... My wound's taped up, but hurts bad. I peel off the bandage... nothing! Gone. So I check my other body... |
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THE TELLTALE HEART: by SAO (Shawn Allen O'Neal); 1970s, painting of a possible diagnostic nightmare Onstage, high on a scaffold, I was beating the chaff off a huge seed, unable to stop. I was beating my own heart... |
| THYROID: by Marc Ian Barasch, c. 1985; a set of life-saving diagnostic nightmares In 1985 I was flooded with nightmares about heads and necks. They had an unparalleled intensity... |
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THE TIGER'S THROAT: by Wayan; 1994/4/12, a psychic dreamtale. I'm walking down a tiger's throat, but it's not what you think. Diagnosis! My friend suddenly couldn't roar... |
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TRUSTING FOXES: by Wayan; 175K, 2 big pp, 1997/8/20, a comic of a psychic dream. A lawyer sends me a letter full of fox-girls! In Asia foxes mean trouble, but instantly I know they mean... |
| TV DEVIL FLU: by Wayan; 1994/10/24, a short dreamtale. A "friend" gives me her TV. Turns out there's a small-minded devil in it who cheats on all his deals... |
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THE 1200-STEP PROGRAM: by Wayan; 1987/12/17, an illustrated dreamtale. I'm climbing a tower, as my dad, Apollo, drunk, throws bottles at me from the top, breaking bones... CAUTION: DENIAL ABOUT ALCOHOLISM |
| UNHAPPY CAMPERS: by Wayan; 1997/9/1, a stupid dream. Since when is a dream of a disastrous camping trip a medical diagnosis? It depends on your pun-tolerance... |
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THE UNICORN MASK OF IGNORABILITY: by Wayan; 2009/10/13, a dream poem with sketch; Dreamverse #59 My family home's invaded by ancient Egyptian architects. So I put on my unicorn mask and eavesdrop on their plans... |
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VERITY'S WINGS: by Jenny Badger Sultan; 2009/8/21; a dreampainting from the Box of Dreams My friend Verity's given a beautiful set of wings. I feel envy--until I consider what angel wings can imply... |
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WEAVING MATS: by Jenny Badger Sultan; 2009/3/15; a predictive dreampainting from the Box of Dreams In a camp, women wove mats. I was tempted to try. But it was months until I learned what they'd really been weaving.. |
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WELL-MEANING GRASS: by Wayan; 1982/5/17, a diagnostic Trek dream. On a world of designer genes, the Prime Minister tries to kill the Bug Princess by deluding an innocent lawn... |
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WHO SHATTERS?: by Wayan; 1995/6/18, a cryptic culinary dream. When bent, some dried noodles shatter. The strands have auras like mine! Parts of me? Or are they... |
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WILL I BE BITTEN?: by Jenny Badger Sultan; 2009/3/15; a predictive dreampainting from the Box of Dreams A friend who's struggled with lymphoma invites me to sleep in a cave, but I worry I'll be bitten by a rattlesnake... |
| WIZARD GIZZARD: by Wayan; 1996/8/5, a diagnostic dream. I have a tummy ache. Our local wizard says "no wonder, with fascists occupying your colon"... CAUTION: TREATMENT NOT A.M.A.-APPROVED |
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| YOGA SAINT: by Wayan; 2010/12/4, a disturbing diagnostic dream I wanted a dream on my recurring headaches & bellyaches. I meet my illness--a yogic saint who punishes jokers, flirts and cynics for their worldliness... |
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