All posts tagged: Fear
The Visitor
“Let Me In!” he roared. I shot up in bed, covers strangling my skin, pillows stealing my breath. A cool breeze trickled through my window like water, racing along the walls and covering my body, until I gasped for air. He was back again. I gripped the murderous sheets, fear crawling up my spin like the legs of a spider, desire never far behind it. He was back for me. I looked slowly towards the window at the moon, whose innocent bright eyes gazed back at me facetiously. “Let me in…” he begged, voice like crashing waves against soft sand. “Please…let me in,” he asked again, and I could imagine his eyes—that winter grey flickering silver—laughing at me. “Open the door…” he lulled, seducing my mind, controlling my thoughts. I could feel translucent fingers pirouetting against my sweat covered flesh, twirling past my neck, tickling my rose colored cheeks. I pulled the covers tighter. “You know you want to….” He continued voice underlined with false patients. My fingers—against my will—let go of the dusted white sheets. My …
Welcome To The World Of Nyght…
I Was Running. In that middle realm between dreams and reality. The forlorn caw of a raven shook me from my goal–the dark, waste encased grey smoke rising towards the heavens before me. I tripped, my feet leaving the ground, the wind whipping past my face, scratching me–scarring me. The cries of the raven grew louder until with a snap I realized that it was laughing. I was out of time. I ran anyway, ignoring the tale tell signs that I was being herded like cattle, off course. The shadows were growing nearer, finger-less hands reaching for me, silver eyes squinting in merriment. “We found you!” they sang, toothless grins spreading as far as the night itself. The path ended, the smoke gone… so was my hope. The darkness before me began to form, a smiling face, twisted into falsified safety turning towards me with open arms. “Welcome home,” she said. And the more I tried to escape, the more I began to think so. -Short Story written by Jae Lei Nyght
Welcome To The World Of Nyght…
We Take Your Coat… …Because You’re Not Leaving.