Portland Dreaming: Eight Stories
Frederick Kirchhoff
- This
- collection
- of
- stories,
- set
- in
- Portland,
- Oregon,
- explores
- the
- intersections
- of
- dream
- and
- reality,
- imagination
- and
- delusion.
- The
- cast
- of
- characters
- includes
- hotel
- concierges,
- cat
- lovers,
- a
- shoe
- salesman
- who
- discovers
- the
- portal
- to
- a
- parallel
- universe,
- a
- graphic
- novelist
- obsessed
- with
- finding
- the
- hottest
- chiles
- in
- town,
- and
- a
- plant
- of
- unusually
- powerful
- intelligence.
- Settings
- include
- the
- mysterious
- rooms
- of
- an
- historical
- apartment
- building,
- hiking
- trails
- in
- the
- Washington
- backcountry,
- and
- an
- unexpected
- flight
- over
- the
- West
- Hills.
- Together,
- the
- stories
- ask
- the
- question,
- how
- can
- we
- ever
- be
- sure
- what
- is
- truly
- real?
- But
- the
- answers
- they
- offer,
- like
- dreams
- themselves,
- are
- often
- difficult
- to
- untangle.
- Serious
- but
- comic
- at
- the
- same
- time,
- they
- take
- the
- reader
- to
- places
- he
- or
- she
- is
- likely
- to remember.
