Sleep Masks: A COVID Dreams Zine

An ongoing collection of dreams from the pandemic

Abandoned suburbs stretch on for miles. Malevolent strangers threaten infection without cure. And, across apocalyptic dreamscapes, lovers reach for each other. 

Sleep Masks features dreams about (and sometimes resulting from) COVID-19, ranging from the pandemic’s early days to 2023. Through nightmares, stress dreams, and moments of peace, the 25-page zine archives ephemera and captures a snapshot of our subconscious zeitgeist.

Content Warning: Many of the dreams in this collection are stress dreams or nightmares, and contain depictions of claustrophobic conditions, forced marriage, natural disasters, violence, illness, and/or death.

Downloadable files include a digital version of Sleep Masks. A print version will be up in a few days once I get test prints done. 

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This zine is an ongoing project. If you’ve had dreams about the pandemic that you’d like to see in a future issue, please tell me about them. 

Contributors will receive a copy of the zine in which their dreams appear. I’ll respond to submissions within 60 days. Thank you for your interest!