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* In the WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures fic ''Fanfic/QueenOfAllOni'', Tarakudo [[spoiler: has been using Jade's dreams to drudge up painful memories and drag her deeper into darkness]]. Later in an interlude BigLippedAlligatorMoment, he tries to contact her directly, but all that happens is a CrowningMomentOfFunny.

** The [[AudioAdaptation second Sound Stage]] of ''[[Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAs As]]'' has Hayate falling asleep during her medical treatment and finding herself having a chat with her [[ArtifactOfDoom Book of Darkness]] in her dreams.

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* ''Webcomic/StandStillStaySilent'': Lalli Onni and Reynir all have the ability to access a magical shared dream space while asleep, they can speak to each other there, contact spirits, and go on spirit visions. The realm looks like how the seer wants it too look.

* The [[AudioAdaptation second Sound Stage]] of ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAs'' has Hayate falling asleep during her medical treatment and finding herself having a chat with her [[ArtifactOfDoom Book of Darkness]] in her dreams.

* IN the TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} novels, this is a stock PsychicPower for telepaths or the psykers who are powerful enough to cross disciplines.
** In Creator/SandyMitchell's TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} novel ''[[Literature/DarkHeresy Scourge the Heretic]]'', the sleeping Carolus is attacked by a demon. (Disguised as an EroticDream, no less.)
** In Creator/DanAbnett's TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} novel ''Literature/{{Ravenor}} Returned'', Ravenor contacts members of his team in their dreams to confirm that they want to go on working with him.
** In Creator/DanAbnett's TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} novel ''Literature/BrothersOfTheSnake'', the [[spoiler: comatose]] Petrok sends a psychopomp to conduct the dreaming Priad into his own dreams. He warns Priad to flee, because he himself is under dream attack from Dark Eldar.
** In Creator/GrahamMcNeill's TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Literature/HorusHeresy novel ''Fulgrim'', Fulgrim hears voices nagging at him every night. He convinces himself that [[DreamingTheTruth it's his subconscious]]. [[spoiler:He's wrong.]]
** In Creator/GrahamMcNeill's TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Literature/{{Ultramarines}} novel ''The Killing Ground'', both the Space Marines and the Unfleshed suffered horrible dreams while on the Chaos-tainted space ship.
** In Creator/SandyMitchell's TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Literature/CiaphasCain novel ''The Traitor's Hand'', Cain ''thinks'' he's just having [[RecurringDreams yet another]] FlashbackNightmare about [[spoiler:a Slaaneshi cultist he killed after she tried to suck out his soul. Turns out she's BackFromTheDead and can "caress your mind"...]]
** In Lee Lightner's TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Literature/SpaceWolf novel ''Wolf's Honour'', Ragnor confides in Gabriella that he think his enemy Madox is in his dreams. Gabriella dismisses it as Bad Dreams; he feels guilty about what went awry in an previous encounter. [[spoiler: In reality, he is DreamingOfThingsToCome.]]

* In the {{Dangerverse}} by Anne Walsh aka Whodoyouneedtoknow aka [[FanNickname the PAGE]], a very long series of ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' fics, the Pack and the Pride can do this. Develops as the stories progress so to do the ways in which various characters are able to meet up.

** In ''Storm over Literature/{{Warlock}}'', the BackStory featured the first-in scout reporting dreams that drove him off planet. The events of the novel reveal that it was this trope.

* In Creator/AndreNorton's ''Sorceress of Literature/WitchWorld'', Kaththea's first real communication with Hilarion is in her dreams. (When she had stumbled into his prison, he had tried to take over her mind first, but then, he was desperate.)
** In fact, this trope happens fairly often in her works. ''The Key of the Keplian'' contains another example.
** In ''Horn Crown'' the hero dreams of himself[[DreamingOfTimesGoneBy at a long-ago banquet]] -- where a woman talks with him and realizes he's from the future and gives him some aid.

* In Creator/PatriciaAMcKillip's ''The Book of Atrix Wolfe'', the [[TheHighQueen woman]] in the [[LostWoods woods]] communicates with both Atrix Wolfe and Burne this way. Later, so does [[spoiler:Talis]].

* In Creator/CSLewis's ''TheGreatDivorce'', the narrator meets with Creator/GeorgeMacDonald -- who solemnly warns him that it is AllJustADream and he must make it clear when he tells the story in RealLife.

* In a deleted ''ParallelDementia''[=/=]''Webcomic/EmergencyExit'' mini-crossover, Eddie does this in order to talk to Fall after he's been forbidden to visit her dimension in real life.

* In Creator/RobertJordan's ''WheelOfTime'', ''Tel'aran'rhiod'' is an alternate reality that people can access through their dreams. Most only enter it briefly and unconsciously without special help, but those with a talent for Dreamwalking can make the transition willingly and channellers can physically transport themselves there.

* In Creator/SeananMcGuire's OctoberDaye novel, Katie, as an oneiromancer, can do this to get information to Toby. Since she's a DreamWeaver, she can set the scene, too.

* The ''UruseiYatsura'' story "Just A Dream" used this to justify a TransplantedCharacterFic; the series was explained as a dream shared by the AU Ataru and Lum, featuring "distorted" [[AndYouWereThere versions of themselves and their respective friends]].

* Shiki has lots of dreams in {{Tsukihime}} but as you get into the farther routes, at one point SHIKI becomes aware he is being watched and starts screaming for Shiki to leave. Throughout lots of the dreams there's also a sort of not-quite communication going on. [[spoiler:This is exclusive to these two characters (and maybe Akiha) apparently as the two of them each have one quarter the life of Akiha and therefore are linked, sharing energy, some traits, dreams and mental influence.]]

** In Lee Lightner's TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} SpaceWolf novel ''Wolf's Honour'', Ragnor confides in Gabriella that he think his enemy Madox is in his dreams. Gabriella dismisses it as Bad Dreams; he feels guilty about what went awry in an previous encounter. [[spoiler: In reality, he is DreamingOfThingsToCome.]]

* TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} novels:

* In Creator/AndreNorton's ''Sorceress of WitchWorld'', Kaththea's first real communication with Hilarion is in her dreams. (When she had stumbled into his prison, he had tried to take over her mind first, but then, he was desperate.)

* In Creator/RobertEHoward's "Literature/ThePhoenixOnTheSword" ConanTheBarbarian is warned in his dream, by the long-dead Epemitreus.

* In a notable example from MercedesLackey's work, Kerowyn, the protagonist of ''[[HeraldsOfValdemar By the Sword]]'', spends ''ten years'' having dream-conversations with Eldan before finally learning that they'd actually been communicating telepathically the whole time.

* In the ''Literature/WarriorCats'' series, many dreams are {{Dead Person Conversation}}s, but there are a couple times when living cats speak in dreams:
** In the story about how the Moonstone was found, Wind appears in Mothflight's dream - the [=StarClan=] cats tell her to allow Mothflight back into the Clan, and she agrees.
** Leafpool is guided by Feathertail, a [=StarClan=] cat, into Willowpaw's dream; they decide how to teach Willowpaw about [=StarClan=], since her own mentor doesn't believe in them.
** Jayfeather has the ability to walk in other cats' dreams. He puts it to use occasionally, once by walking in [[spoiler:Ashfur]]'s dream to speak ''privately'' to him (to persuade him not to reveal a secret), once to talk to Kestrelflight to figure out where there's some herbs (though Kestrelflight thought it was just an ordinary dream), and many times for DreamSpying, listening to conversations between the other medicine cats and [[DeadPersonConversation their Clan's ancestors]].

* Malta gets a shared-dream-in-a-box as a present from her fiancee in Creator/RobinHobb's ''[[RealmOfTheElderlings Liveship Traders]]'' trilogy.

* In JohnCWright's ''Literature/ChroniclesOfChaos'' the children receive repeated dream messages [[spoiler: from their parents, who can reach them no other way]].

* The Five in ThePowerOfFive books can do this. They all meet in their dreams before any of them meet in real life.