Unprofitable Dreams

About the Book

Life. It is slipping by right now. Quietly. Unassumingly. Behind our backs. It happens to husbands and wives, to sculptors and schemers, to the saved and the damned, to me, and to you.

Unprofitable Dreams is a collection of eight short stories about dreamers who are blinded by potential, pretense, and past phantoms. Can they wake up to their lives before it is too late? Will Sam be able to see his wife for who she truly is? Will Jane be able to see her new husband for who he is not? Can Daniel and Tricia overcome the scarring events of their pasts? Will Chester ever make it into Heaven?

When dreams collide with reality, anything is possible and choices have to be made. Passivity is no longer an option. Hope is no longer an option. Because life lasts for just an instant and then it's

About the Author

Julia Rich is a high school English teacher currently working on her master?s degree. A lifelong dreamer and writer, she hopes that this short story collection will no longer be an unprofitable dream for her. Julia lives in Brea, California.