"The Dream," by A. J. Alan
Appeared in The London Magazine, June 1927; read wonderfully for PseudoPod 863, April 28th, 2023, by Phil Lunt
3,176 words
I am struck by the undercurrent of misogyny that leads the narrator to disparage the women of his time in favor of what seems to be a figure of death. And yet somehow he knows better than to approach her. Could that misogyny be sort of the point of the story? I really don't know the author well enough to guess his intent. But then the second dream the narrator describes, in which he is harassed by a woman he finds repulsive, goes on a bit too long to be dismissed as insignificant. Either way, I think it's a terrific story, creepy and original.
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