Prison of Dreams: A Short Story

Prison of Dreams: A Short Story

A boy, a girl, and a starship gone mad.

As the colony mission's historian, Hazel thought the voyage would be as uneventful for her as going to sleep and waking up on the new, alien world. She was wrong.

It's unclear whether the ship's AI is crazy or merely lonely, but for whatever reason, it is convinced that it needs to feed on her dreams. But the colony mission is still centuries from arrival, and Hazel will live out her natural life and die alone if she cannot convince the ship to put her back into cryosleep.

There are alternatives, however. If the ship manages to awaken the right person for her, none of them ever have to be lonely again.

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A boy, a girl, and a starship gone mad.

As the colony mission’s historian, Hazel thought the voyage would be as uneventful for her as going to sleep and waking up on the new, alien world. She was wrong.

It’s unclear whether the ship’s AI is crazy or merely lonely, but for whatever reason, it is convinced that it needs to feed on her dreams. But the colony mission is still centuries from arrival, and Hazel will live out her natural life and die alone if she cannot convince the ship to put her back into cryosleep.

There are alternatives, however. If the ship manages to awaken the right person for her, none of them ever have to be lonely again.

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Author: Joe Vasicek
Series: Short Story Singles
Genres: Action & Adventure, FICTION, Romance, Science Fiction, Science Fiction, Short Stories (single author), Space Exploration, Space Opera
Tag: 2026 Release
Publisher: Joe Vasicek
Publication Year: June 2026
Length: Short Story
Narrator: Auto-narrated
eBook Price: free!
Audiobook Price: free!
Joe Vasicek

Joe Vasicek fell in love with science fiction and fantasy when he read The Neverending Story as a child. He is the author of more than twenty books, including Genesis Earth, Gunslinger to the Stars, The Sword Keeper, and the Sons of the Starfarers series. As a young man, he studied Arabic at Brigham Young University and traveled across the Middle East and the Caucasus Mountains. He lives in Utah with his wife and two apple trees.

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