Ever found yourself puzzled waking up from a dream where someone you know who’s very much alive appeared to be dead? It’s a startling scenario that many of us might brush off by morning coffee, yet ...

It took a whole four days for my father to show up in my dreams after he died last February. Years had passed since I’d heard his real voice. I ignored the texts he’d sent asking to celebrate my ...

In an image that might suggest dark undertones, Esther dreamed of a dead relative who was “not always very nice.” However, after discussing the dream, Esther saw how it helped her redefine her family ...

Lydia Millet’s sixth novel, How the Dead Dream, opens with an unforgettable image: A young boy named T. is so entranced by money that he purses coins in his mouth, as if to absorb the currency’s ...