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A World Without Sleep

The People Who Forgot Night

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A night librarian keeps a collection of dreams no one remembers borrowing.

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A night librarian keeps a collection of dreams no one remembers borrowing.

A night librarian keeps a collection of dreams no one remembers borrowing.

At three seventeen, the city held its breath. It was an old habit, from when its people still knew how to sleep. Mira stood by the library window and watched the streetlights turn gold. On the desk, an envelope waited. Inside was a dream addressed to no one.

She had spent seven years cataloguing what the world had forgotten. Tonight, for the first time, she decided to open it.

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June Williams

A library of forgotten dreams is such a lovely way into this world.

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