Before we get too much deeper into the first month of the new year, here are the dreams I’d previously shared with you one at a time over on Twitter during the last month of the old year, only now they’re all rubbing together making some kind of strange subconscious poetry.

Last month, I dreamt of Jimmie Walker, Gil Kane, James Gandolfini, Bonnie Raitt, Chip Delany, Ann Landers, and who knows, maybe even you.

December 2014

I dreamt I was having dinner at a steak house, and the waiter said their steaks were the best because their cows didn’t eat other cows. Dec 31

I dreamt I was in a televised Christmas special with a cast that included Jimmie Walker and we were the only ones who didn’t flub our lines. Dec 31

I dreamt I tagged along with @neilhimself as he went to chat with J. R. R. Tolkien, and man, do I wish I could remember THAT conversation! Dec 31

I dreamt my wife and I adopted a baby elephant, and as she led it off our porch into the backyard, I tried to snap a pic to share with you. Dec 30

I dreamt I was invited to a major fashion show, and when a model complained about ’20s hairstyles, said, “Every age has its own wonders.” Dec 31

I dreamt I wandered with a crowd on some sort of secret mission, and when someone started firing at us with a machine gun, only I survived. Dec 28

I dreamt my son and I got into a discussion of the Iron Man stories from Tales of Suspense, but when he kept calling me Mr. Edelman, I woke. Dec 28

I dreamt a friend loaned me his car and I couldn’t get it to start, until I realized he’d wired it so without your seatbelt, it never would. Dec 28

I dreamt I tagged along with my congressperson as she visited the NSA, and the agents there teased me with info about me no one should know. Dec 27

I dreamt Paul Di Filippo and Deb Newton brought along their dog to Readercon and gave her to me to mind — she followed me wherever I went. Dec 27

I dreamt my friend Allan was cast in Death of a Salesman, and called to tell me what theme song would be used. Which I now forget. Dec 26

I dreamt I went to a comics shop with my son, telling him it would surely be closed, as it’s Xmas … but the door opened! Happy happy! Dec 25

I dreamt Geoff Landis was visiting, and after he polished off the OJ, I rummaged through the refrigerator looking for more. Which woke me. Dec 25

I dreamt I visited Continuity Studios, where I used to visit Neal Adams in the ’70s, and though it was now, nothing had changed! Dec 25

I dreamt Chip Delany and I were in a con suite discussing a Joanna Russ essay, and if there was ever a time I wished I had a transcription! Dec 25

I dreamt I worked for S.H.I.E.L.D., realized a snippet of my memory had been stolen, and for my own safety turned myself in to Phil Coulson. Dec 23

I dreamt that at in the end of a layover in a Chinese airport, I wasn’t allowed to continue on to North Korea. No idea why I’d be going … Dec 23

I dreamt I worked at The Office, but since I only knew what I personally saw, not what the audience saw, it was a very different place. Dec 23

I dreamt our neighbors drove posts and spread wood chips, and then realized they were opening a nature trail … which didn’t make me happy. Dec 22

I dream I bumped into Bonnie Raitt smoking. She told me she used it to gossip with her friends via smoke signals rather than speaking aloud. Dec 22

I dreamt a guy was annoying women on a train, so I got him in a bear hug and dragged him off. Then tried calling 911 — but tech failed me. Dec 22

I dreamt I was a hostage negotiator trying to get machete-wielding James Gandolfini to surrender after he’d killed someone. Not going well. Dec 20

I dreamt I wandered a science fiction convention and discovered it was holding a job fair. Strangely, the positions weren’t SF-related. Dec 20

I dreamt me and my space-faring gang were assembling for a mission to rescue our robot pal who got left behind during our last heist. Dec 20

I dreamt @Keffy and I bumped into each other in a waiting room and were VERY snarky about the doctor. No idea why we were there, though. Dec 19

I dreamt I was wandering my old stomping grounds in Canarsie, where I ran into Ann Landers, who said she’d decided to retire there. Dec 18

I dreamt I was given a copy of a Gardner Dozois antho I was in and woke trying to read the back cover blurb. Because I can’t read in dreams. Dec 18

I dreamt I spotted my (dead) grandmother, and when we tried to hug, she sat as I stood, then I sat as she stood, endlessly. It was a farce! Dec 17

I dreamt a baby straight out of a horror movie was trying to kill me, and I woke when it leapt out of nowhere and stabbed me in the back. Dec 17

Well, I lost another dream! I have NO memory of what this hastily scribbled middle-of-the-night note means: TEEN GIRL SABOTAGING BRICK Dec 17

I dreamt I did all my banking with Breaking Bad‘s Saul Goodman, and when he got arrested, I had to go on the run. No idea what my crime was. Dec 17

I dreamt I dropped a genius kid at the equivalent of Professor Xavier’s school, and knew we’d miss each other, but that he’d be better off. Dec 14

I dreamt I was in an epic sword fight with a guy who escaped when he startled me by slicing himself in half and walking away in pieces. Dec 14

I dreamt that as I drove with my wife, she started crying and asking for her goggles, and I grew upset because I had no idea WHAT goggles. Dec 13

I dreamt it was the ’50s, and at the end of one of those long nights with friends you want never to end, I did my Lenny Bruce impression. Dec 13

I dreamt I went to Disneyland with my parents, only it wasn’t Disneyland any more — it had been sold and all the signage had been changed. Dec 13

I dreamt I sat with Gil Kane, advising him on how best to restore and sell his drawing of the Muppets dressed as Star Wars characters. Dec 12

Discovered I’d scrawled two words in the middle of the night: MAGNETIC CATS. So was that meant to remind me of a dream? Or a story idea? Dec 10

I dreamt I rescued @jaspkelly from a troll — a fantasy troll, not an Internet troll — by talking about writing until it grew bored. Dec 9

Forget the turducken — last night, I dreamt I stuffed a turkey with an entire other turkey. Which seems kind of pointless, if you ask me. Dec 7

I dreamt my father surprised us all by showing up after a long absence with a bucket of fried chicken, and we hugged and hugged and hugged. Dec 6

I dreamt I saw checked ukulele cases in the Plaza Hotel lobby with tags saying they belonged to the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain. Dec 6

I dreamt I played a world-building RPG with @MaryRobinette and two other friends — one called that because we actually BUILT A REAL WORLD! Dec 6

I dreamt a reporter covering SDCC couldn’t find a place to stay, so we let him crash in our room. Then we had trouble splitting the bill. Dec 3

I dreamt that as I wandered my backyard, a wild baby boar approached. I tried to photograph him, but (as usual) my camera wouldn’t focus. Dec 3

I dreamt I owned a restaurant with a friend, and our landlord came and told us we had to leave TODAY. I woke thinking, “Are you KIDDING me?” Dec 3

I dreamt my father and I ran through corridors trying to get away from Frankenstein’s Creature. I woke while locking a door behind us. Dec 3

I dreamt I was in China, my trip got screwed up, and I met with a travel agent while he was in the middle of dinner with his family. Dec 2

I dreamt I was the handler for an old lady appearing on the Dr. Phil show, making sure she got where she was going and bringing her cookies. Dec 2