Before writing Dreams Don’t Always End, I discovered the psychological concept of derealisation while trying to understand a feeling I’d struggled to describe for years. This article explores that discovery, how it inspired my fiction, and why uncertainty continues to fascinate me.

A photograph taken fifteen years before I became a novelist unexpectedly became part of the world of Dreams Don’t Always End. This is the story of an empty office, a recurring dream, and the strange spaces that stay with us long after we leave them.

Lucid dreaming lets you step into a world where awareness and imagination merge. This in-depth guide explores the science, techniques, and creativity behind lucid dreams — and reveals how my novella, Dreams Don’t Always End, was born from a recurring dream.

From scientists guided by visions to artists reshaping the surreal, dreams have always inspired discovery. In Dreams Don’t Always End, those dream-fragments unfold into symbolic spaces, blurred timelines, and quiet revelations. Step inside a novel where waking life and memory dissolve into something deeper.

Late one night, a single line appeared in my head and kept me awake: “The earth beneath us isn’t fighting.” I couldn’t find it anywhere online, so I explored its meaning — and imagined the chapter it could have opened.

Music has a way of slipping between dreams and reality, carrying memories and emotions we can’t quite name. In this post, I share six songs—from Portishead to Nick Cave—that capture the atmosphere of Dreams Don’t Always End, each track echoing the book’s stillness, unease, and moments of quiet revelation.

Despite what the internet says, I’ve never dreamed about my teeth falling out. But a dream I had about a van crash on the M4 stayed with me for over 20 years — and eventually became the foundation for my novel, Dreams Don’t Always End. This post explores why some dreams linger, how I never truly interpreted mine, and why writing the book might have been the real interpretation all along

Dreams don’t always vanish with sleep. These 7 novels—including Dreams Don’t Always End—explore surreal spaces where time bends, memory fractures, and nothing is quite as it seems.

From a real-life flat where time stood still to a fictional corridor that reflects life’s uncertain direction, and a surreal X-ray room linking different versions of the self—this post explores how place and emotion intertwine in the world of Dreams Don’t Always End.

What if memory isn’t behind us, but beside us? In this reflective post, I explore the strange, looping nature of time, dream, and choice—drawing from the writing of his debut book and the haunting possibilities of what might have been.

Books Two and Three are still taking shape—slowly, quietly, and on their own terms. In this post, I share how images, memories, and subconscious threads are beginning to form the next stand-alone stories that will echo Dreams Don’t Always End.

The surreal atmosphere of Dreams Don’t Always End didn’t come from storyboards—it emerged from memory, shadow, and the strange pull of visual spaces. In this post, author Paul M. Newbery explores the photographs, architecture, and forgotten interiors that quietly shaped his novella’s haunting world.

A recurring dream. A blurred period of life. And a story that surfaced slowly, guided by something just out of reach. In this post, author Paul M. Newbery shares the surreal inspiration behind his debut novella Dreams Don’t Always End—a journey shaped by memory, shadow, and the quiet pull of transformation.