The dreams call her into the
night. Some only a flicker of energy, other surge, strong and wild, pulling her
like a moth to a flame. She fades in from elsewhere, emptiness, and feels the
cool rush of night air, blinks against the brightness of streetlights, cars,
buildings. The dreams draw her closer.
A child, a young boy, dreams of
toys, playing with friends, eating cake and treats – happy thoughts. She passes
by, a whisper of cold that makes him tremble with a sudden chill and pull his
blanket up to his chin.
An old man, dreaming of life that
was. His wife, long dead, grown thin and then bloated with cancer and
chemicals. She pauses, the energy tempting. Her face flickers in and out,
glimpsed through the pulsing light of the old man’s dreams. His memory goes
deeper, his wife younger, holding their infant son. Happier times. She opens
her bare teeth in a soft snarl and moves on.
A couple, nestled together. He
dreams of fishing with his friends, floating in a boat on the open water, drinking
beer and wrestling a writhing rod, slowly reeling in the fish he’s caught. But the
woman, the woman dreams are dark and endless. She moves restlessly, twisting her
head away, fingers twitching on the tangled sheet, foot kicking feebly.
She floats nearer, waving her
hands over the bed, drawing the dream energy up where she can smell it, taste
it through her open nose and mouth. The energy flows like smoke from the woman,
tangles with the man’s. His dream turns darker. Sharks, thunderstorms, crashing
waves.
The dreams curl up over the bed,
the couple trashing now, trying to escape. She hovers over them, drawing in the
energy, her mouth open, teeth gaping wide.
The woman awakens. Screams. The
man bolts upright, turns on the light. Hugs the woman to him as she sobs. Looks
around the room with shivers still running down his back. There’s nothing
there. Noone. He lies back, pulls the woman with him. She stays his hand
against the light. “Leave it on,” she whispers.
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Dogs in house
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Houdini
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Time writing:
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~15 minutes
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October word
count:
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13,007
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