Can I start a short story in a dream?

I've been thinking about starting my story in a nightmare, in a way giving the reader a background on what has happened up to this point. I'm not sure if it's too predictable and cliche though. Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

 

It's still an infodump. Don't do it.

 

ditto that!

starting fiction with a dream is so much a beginning-writer cliche that it should really be avoided until you have a reputation that allows you to write a grocery list and have it be a bestseller...

 

I'm a beginner and I started a manuscript with a dream. It isn't much of an info dump as it is a "what the hell was that?" Which will inevitably be explained as the story develops.

Should I also avoid that beginning the story dream usage, or should I edit it out and rewrite when I go back over the manuscript?

 

Thanks for the help, now I know for any future stories

 

...yes...