Dreamers: A Short Story

By J. R. Frontera

J. R. Frontera proves in this tale of the future that a mind belonging to the glory days of the Twilight Zone still puts pen to page. This brilliantly written, very meaty science fiction thriller short will have you jumping out of your chair -- literally -- and when it's over, you'll be haunted by the results.... 

Rostam Hobbs never told anyone about the dreams. 

He'd been on track to make Chief Engineer on the New Horizon space station … before the dreaming interrupted his sleep patterns. Before the miscalculation that nearly froze the entire west residence wing into a block of ice. Before he’d been reassigned to a junk-bucket scout ship to get lost in some godforsaken corner of space. 

Dreamers were supposed to have been identified and utilized by the time they hit puberty, and he’s well past that. Maybe they wouldn’t take him now, given his age, but he doesn’t dare chance being found out. Most people are blissfully unaware that Dreamers even exist. But he works in Engineering. He knows everything about Dreamers. 

And on a ship this small on a mission this long, it’s getting harder and harder to hide … 

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DREAMERS is a science fiction thriller short story, and here is what Advanced Readers had to say about it: 

“You have a fantastic voice–and I am simultaneously horrified and fascinated by the fact [spoiler]!!!” — Reece Hanzon, Managing Editor at Jolly Fish Press 

“Oh, crap! This is amazing! I will think about a coherent review! Wow! Amazing! This is the work of a seasoned author!!!” — Pat Stevens, Advanced Reader volunteer 

"... freaking amazing! I just can't stop thinking about it!! Can you make it a series!?!?" --- Vicky Meyer, Advanced Reader volunteer 

“This story was FANTASTIC!” — Tiffiney Baumgarden, Advanced Reader volunteer

• Language: English
• Publisher: Wordwraith Books LLC
• Release date: Feb 16, 2016
• ISBN: 9781533757111

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DREAMERS

A Short Story

By J. R. FRONTERA

Published by

Wordwraith Books, LLC

705-B SE Melody Lane #147

Lee’s Summit, MO 64063

http://www.wordwraiths.com

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual events, organizations, places, or persons living or dead, is purely coincidental.

Copyright ©2016 by J. R. Frontera

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. Further information may be requested by contacting J. R. Frontera directly at [e-mail].

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Table of Contents

001. The Dreams

002. The Spike

003. The Trouble Maker

004. The Proposal

005. The Approval

006. The Dreams

007. THE END

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001. The Dreams

Rostam Hobbs never told anyone about the dreams.

Not when he’d been on-track to make Chief Engineer of AstroTech’s New Horizon Station before thirty-five. Not when exhaustion had caused miscalculations that nearly froze the entire west residence wing into a block of ice. Not when the President of AstroTech herself had demanded an explanation for his negligence and his direct supervisor, a man he nearly considered a friend, had looked at him with that crushing disappointment.

Not even when they had given him the choice-that-wasn’t-a-choice: resign, or take an assignment on this junk-bucket scout ship to get lost in some godforsaken corner of space.

They knew full