"The Dream Snake" is a short story by Robert E. Howard, first published in the pulp magazine Weird Tales in February 1928.

After a breeze causes the grass to sway "in long, sinuous waves", his companion Faming turns pale, gasps, and bites his lip bloody.

Faming's dream has him living in an isolated bungalow atop a hill in African grasslands with his "Hindoo" servant, with both men being fugitives for unremembered crimes.

Upon the morning, he finds himself unable to leave for fear of encountering the snake without a functioning weapon, and once again barricades himself in the bungalow overnight.

Upon daybreak, the noise of the snake recedes, and Faming - now white haired - leaves the bungalow to see its trail leading in the opposite direction from the coast.

Faming runs across the grasslands towards the coast "with superhuman effort, spurred on by the horror behind me", but realises he will not gain the hills he is making for before sundown.