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|cover=Cover_Dreamer.jpg
|setting =
|released = April 1, 2014
|publisher = Ace Books
|ISBN = 978-0425256879
|word-count = 4,323
}}{{for|Dreamer (character)|the viewpoint character of this story|pre=This page is about the
'''''Dreamer''''' is a non-cosmere
== Synopsis ==
{{quote|In ''New York Times'' #1 bestselling author Brandon Sanderson's "Dreamer," a game of cops and robbers is a new challenge when the players are able to switch bodies at will.|''Games Creatures Play'' inside flap}}
== Summary ==
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During the game, Dreamer is pursuing Phi, who manages to kill the person Dreamer had possessed, using a body with a gun. In the ensuing panic among the living, Dreamer possesses the body of an old woman, alerts his teammates, and then [[Bolting|Bolts]] into the body of [[Lorenzo|a responding police officer]]. Dreamer finds Phi again and fires his gun indiscriminately into the crowd of onlookers in an attempt to kill him. As the crowd scatters in horror, [[Marks (Dreamer)|another police officer]] shoots and kills the body Phi was possessing. Phi then promptly possesses the body of the second police officer and runs after Longshot.
Dreamer pursues Phi to the top of a building and tackles him off before he can reach Longshot. Both police officers die in the fall, leaving Dreamer with no bodies left to use. In poltergeist form, he holds Phi back from possessing his final body long enough for [[Rabies]] to take it into custody, causing Phi to lose the game. Phi complains that Dreamer cheated by firing into the crowd and Longshot says that they should ban guns. The group decides to meet up in New Jersey to get away from the carnage they caused in Manhattan. Dreamer agrees to a footrace with Phi as their rivalry continues.{{book ref|dreamer}}
== Main Characters ==
;[[Dreamer (character)|Dreamer]]* :
;[[Phi]] :
;[[Longshot]] :
;[[Icer]] :
;[[Rabies]] :
;[[
== Setting ==
The standalone setting for ''Dreamer'' is Manhattan, on Earth in the early 21st century. There are no apparent differences from the real Earth except for the existence of poltergeists.
== Development ==
When Charlaine Harris approached Brandon about writing a short story for ''Games Creatures Play'', he immediately wanted to be a part of the project after hearing the concept. He had never written a horror story before, so he thought of the scariest thing he could imagine, which was the kids who play Xbox having control over real peoples' lives. This concept became the seed for ''Dreamer'', which Brandon considers different from any of his other writing.{{url ref|url=https://brandonsanderson.com/games-creatures-play-is-out-this-week/|text=Games Creatures Play is Out This Week|site=Brandon Sanderson Blog|date=2014-4-3}}{{wob ref|3138}} He has mentioned that he likes detective stories, which is why ''Dreamer'' has its roots in the genre, along with ''[[Snapshot]]'' and [[Legion (series)|Legion]].{{book ref|snapshot|part=Postscript}}
== Publication History ==
;''Games Creatures Play'':April 1, 2014 - Ace Books (Hardback & US Paperback)
:April 3, 2014 - Jo Fletcher Books (UK Paperback){{url ref|url=https://www.quercusbooks.co.uk/books/detail.page?isbn=9781780872605|text=Charlaine Harris - Games Creatures Play - Quercus|site=Quercus Books}}
;''[http://www.prime-books.com/shop/print-books/the-years-best-dark-fantasy-horror-2015-edition-edited-by-paula-guran/ The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror 2015]'':June 23, 2015 - Prime Books{{ref|name=yearsbest}}▼
:2014 - Brilliance Audio (Audiobook read by Kate Rudd and Todd Haberkorn){{url ref|url=https://www.brillianceaudio.com/product?i=6622|text=Games Creatures Play: Charlaine Harris|site=Brilliance Audio}}
;Con-Exclusive Hardcover Edition (bundled with ''[[Snapshot]]''):2017 - Dragonsteel Entertainment▼
▲;''
;First Electronic Edition (distributed in the Brandon Sanderson Humble Book Bundle):April 2017 - Dragonsteel Entertainment{{url ref|url=https://brandonsanderson.com/the-brandon-sanderson-humble-book-bundle/|text=The Brandon Sanderson Humble Book Bundle|site=Brandon Sanderson Blog|date=2017-4-14}}
▲;Con-Exclusive Hardcover Edition (bundled with ''[[Snapshot]]''):2017 - Dragonsteel Entertainment{{url ref|url=http://store.brandonsanderson.com/snapshot-dreamer-hardcover/|text=Snapshot/Dreamer Hardcover|site=Brandon Sanderson Store}}
== Cover
{{for|/Covers|a cover gallery of Dreamer}}
== Trivia ==
* As of December 2017, ''Dreamer'' had no options out for film or TV adaptations.{{wob ref|8873}}
* Brandon has said that he occasionally thinks about going back to the setting of ''Dreamer'', but that he hasn't found the right thing to do with it because it's so different from the rest of his writing.{{wob ref|8761}}
* In August of 2013, Brandon released [[bws:short-fiction-non-cosmere/#DREAMER|an excerpt of ''Dreamer'']] on his website.
== Notes ==
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