“If you want to make your dreams come true, the first thing you have to do is wake up.”

– J.M. Power, award winning American writer/producer

My legs were failing, my breath coming in ragged gasps. The squealers were nearly upon me. It was the name I had given them, this pack of feral hogs. They had killed me before, dozens of times, and were about to kill me again. I braced for the unspeakable, inevitable conclusion.

I shot up in bed drenched in sweat, my mind whirling. It was the dream, the damned “pig” dream again! This recurring nightmare always ended the same with me being overwhelmed, torn apart. As a child, I was beset nightly by violent, horrific dreams. My slumber was filled with terrifying encounters, but the pig dream was the most fearful and unr...

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