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|cover=Cover_Dreamer.jpg
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|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 short horror story}}
'''''Dreamer''''' is a non-cosmere short horror story by [[Brandon Sanderson]] that first appeared in the ''[http://tonikelner.wordpress.com/2013/07/28/games-creatures-play/ Games Creatures Play]'' anthology, edited by [[Wikipedia: Charlaine Harris|Charlaine Harris]] and [[Wikipedia: Toni Kelner|Toni Kelner]]. It is set on Earth and told from the first person perspective of [[Dreamer (character)|the eponymous character]], who is part of a group of dead gamers, [[Poltergeist|poltergeists]] that must possess the bodies of living people. They use their abilities to play extreme, real-life versions of games like "capture the flag" and "cops and robbers," showing little regard for collateral damage among the living.
== 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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Dreamer is engaged in a game of cops and robbers in Manhattan with his fellow gamer poltergeists. In the game, Dreamer and his team of four other players are trying to protect [[Longshot]] from being captured by [[Phi]], who is playing as the criminal. Each player is allowed to possess only a limited number of bodies and to use whatever means necessary, including deadly force, to win.
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]] :
;[[TheGannon]] :
== 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,
== 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}}
: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}}
;''The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror 2015'':June 23, 2015 - Prime Books{{ref|name=yearsbest}}
;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}}
==
* As of December 2017, ''Dreamer'' had no options out for film or TV adaptations.{{wob ref|8873}}
* In August of 2013, Brandon released [[bws:short-fiction-non-cosmere/#DREAMER|an excerpt of ''Dreamer'']] on his website.
== Notes ==
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