title: Deadly Dreams: The Cursed (Alternative Futures) (Volume 2)
author:  Averi Hope 
description: Averi Hope believes in magic. She sees the world as a place full of possibilities and adventure. Her life isnt always easy, but her beautiful children and incredible husband make every day just a little better. And thats its own kind of magic. Most days, she writes like a madwoman. She loves to create characters and worlds that feel real. And more than anything, she wants to make her readers laugh, shout, or cry as they immerse themselves in her books. If she can manage that, then she feels she did her job. She specializes in romances with magic, fantasy, and a sprinkle of out-of-this-world experiences. Want to contact her? Email: averihopeauthor@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Averi-Hope-1246835225420892/ Website: https://averihope.wordpress.com/
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  For Jim Hill
  
   _I said: Pain and sorrow._
  
   _He said: Stay with it. The wound is the place where the Light enters you._
  
  —Rumi
  
  PART ONE
  
  Dreamland
  
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  Dream-Land
  
  By Edgar Allan Poe
  
   _By a route obscure and lonely,_
  
   _Haunted by ill angels only,_
  
   _Where an Eidolon, named Night,_
  
   _On a black throne reigns upright,_
  
   _I have reached these lands but newly_
  
   _From an ultimate dim