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When a man clad in all black walks through the door and admits Hob is his friend, Hob doesn't know whether to hug him or play it cool.
When it is obvious something happened, something terrible, Hob doesn't know whether to hug him or play it cool. Again.
In other words, Dream starts talking and doesn't stop. And suddenly these once a century dates are no longer once a century. More like once a week.
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17 Jul 2026
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“You know what kept me going, century after century?” Hob is angry enough, desperate enough, that his voice drops low, quiet. “Even when I had nothing?”
The music around them crests, waves crashing against the unyielding shores of time –
“Chimneys,” Morpheus answers, bland.
Oh, what a bastard.
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Or, dreams are memories, Hob reflects about life, and Morpheus learns a thing or two about what it means to be saved, and to be loved.
UPDATED: with art for chapters 1 and 4!
and with formatted epub version || pdf / printable version || cover art by the wonderful Holly (@redhothollyberries)Series
- Part 1 of when that piano sang again
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17 Jul 2026
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Giving Sanctuary by Avelera for Steerpike13713
Fandoms: The Sandman (TV 2022), The Sandman (Comics)
07 Jun 2023
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In 1689, Hob Gadling and Dream meet once more, after Hob has lost everything. That night, their meeting goes on longer than expected when the conversation turns to what it means to live, to lose, and to be the fathers of dead sons. Unable to bear the thought of sending a man who so echoes Dream's own grief back into the night alone, Dream breaks his own rule and invites Hob to stay with him for a time, at least until he can get back on his feet.
The story of two grief-stricken, divorced, and widowed fathers to sons they lost too young truly seeing one another and there, at their lowest point, doing their best to put themselves and each other back together.
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17 Jul 2026
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In 1989, Hob Gadling gets stood up. He waits.
A story about meticulously constructing an inn with soft focus, 80's goths and Berlin, a folding chair, The Princess Bride, blondes, blood, fear, Fates, and what was always written. What will always be.
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16 Jul 2026
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Hob's out for a walk when he stumbles on his old stranger, feeding birds and looking very sad.
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15 Jul 2026