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DREAM SNATCHERS
By Michael E Wolfe

GENRE: Horror, Comedy
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The last thing you ever want to hear is "Who Stole My Dreams"

SYNOPSIS:

A father flees the city of Chicago with his son Keith to the country side of Kankakee, IL in order to protect the family. Once in the Kankakee, Keith decides to rob the home of an old lady Sherman. A known gipsy in the area he knew as a child during summer visits. The town took pity upon her due to their involvement in the destruction of her entire caravan by a wealthy drunk.

Enter the house, he finds it is filled with oddities and dead animals. He finds the cash and becomes trapped. His actions lead to him accidentally grabbing up weird dream catchers with cash, jewelry and wallets. Racing away he sets a fire he thinks has finished the witch. Relaxed and ready to return to Chicago he decides to pay a visit to old friends before heading back. Partying in the abandoned house Old Lady Sherman was raised in they soon find it's on because she wants to know Who her Dream Snatcher above all else.

Baby Lady Sherman was born on a tragic night after her family was forced to pack up and go. She was found under a charm hanging over a scorched baby bed after the town was able to get the blaze under control. Her eyes solid white, but later filled with dark irises that looked like black perils. She rarely spoke and became burned with acid by taunting children before being relocated to the outskirts of town.

Grown knowing what was done to her family she thrives on revenge upon those that ruined her life. Keith, his cousin and friends are up against a supernatural force. Not knowing the entire truth about what they're up against Keith find there's more to worry about when he becomes quickly aware his life is in danger. Even the dream of helping his father from thugs that followed him and his father. ll knows the last thing you want to hear from the darkness is "Who Stole My Dream".

Based on the ideology of dream catchers being a tool to catch and block bad dreams from entering Dream Snatchers are used to capture and use them for bad magic. The night Lady, the name given to her by the Sherman family that took her in, has an eerie connection to dream catchers and dead animals. The strange happenstances that often happened around her led to the adopted family's death and her new tragic low.

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