I dreamt this morning that I was visiting with Pat Cadigan. We were walking through the streets of London, accompanied by a radio interviewer.

Actually, I wasn’t the one being trailed—it was Pat who was being followed around and interviewed as she moved through her day. I just happened to be there chatting with her. She was the focus.

We came upon a street which was terribly crowded. There were long lines running this way and that, making the sidewalk almost impassable. It turned out that the reason for the crowd was that the Queen was doing a book signing. (As if Her Majesty would ever do such a thing!)

I waved an arm at the crowd and told both Pat and her interviewer that the Queen didn’t deserve this—this was the size of the crowd that Pat should be having for her own book signings.

We made our way through the throng, and continued on through the streets of London, touring until I eventually awoke …