Archive - The Abandoned Dreams Collective

To What Could Have Been

The third issue of season 3 breaks down the process of having to walk away from something that was once picture perfect and choosing yourself instead

Apr 13, 2024 •

March 2024

I Bet My Soul On You And Lost

This week's newsletter questions all the beliefs one has held to be true thus far and searches for answers in unlikely places when they come under fire

Mar 9, 2024 •

February 2024

(miss)ives from tumblr, pop music lyrics and artists of yore

The first issue of season 3 is an ostensibly casual letter to someone the author decided to leave in the past except for her favourite things about them

Feb 11, 2024 •

November 2022

'tis the (new) season calling for submissions

The Abandoned Dreams Collective is now accepting submissions for season 3 for the theme....

Nov 13, 2022 •

August 2022

The falling of Rome

Season two's last newsletter spins you around into the eye of a storm where your core instincts take over through the upheavals, yearning only for those…

Aug 25, 2022 •

The beauty in loving someone from a distance

Season 2's tenth newsletter drops you in the middle of a dense forest grown from the seeds of all your choices, urging you to find your own way out to…

Aug 18, 2022 •

The Highways of Oklahoma

Season two's ninth newsletter paints a picture of the sparse landscape you're left in when you lose someone and grief takes over

Aug 11, 2022 •

Coffee cups and other disasters

Season two's eighth newsletter leads you into a dance of of quick witticism and banter hiding a longing that's hard to define, even to yourself

Aug 4, 2022 •

July 2022

Wrestling: a tale of cowboys, cults and failure

Season two's seventh newsletter draws you in with a story of lights, sounds and spandex but keeps you there with a tale previously untold of tragic…

Jul 28, 2022 •

First love/Last infatuation

Season two's sixth newsletter immerses you in the rush of surprise, wonder, delight, fear and despair brought about by an unexpected encounter that had…

Jul 21, 2022 •

A grief no one talks about

Season two's fifth newsletter cuts too deep in all the ways that you wish you didn't have to confront before bringing you home

Jul 14, 2022 •

Season 2's fourth newsletter places you in the middle of multiple tugs of war - what you'd wanted and what transpired, whether to amble on or change…

Jul 7, 2022 •

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