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Virtual Reality | The Prescience Of Dreams

Virtual Reality by Nancy Raines, photograph by Aurely Cerise
Photograph by Aurely Cerise

The author discovers the prescience — and virtual reality — of her dreams as she witnesses them appear in her awakened life.

Where was I, and how did I get here? Squinting into the kind eyes of a paramedic, I rubbed my throbbing head in silence. Turning my gaze, I glanced out the rear window of the ambulance, and saw a wrecked car teetering awkwardly against the sidewalk. That’s when my breath caught,

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