For some, nightmares are cause for distress; for me, they’re a cause for celebration. I don’t know how many of my stories started out as nightmares, which I quickly jotted down on a notepad upon waking, but this story is definitely one of them. To tell you about it would be to give away one of the creepier moments so I’ll just say that Mary’s experience, just one of which you’re about to read, comes directly from one of my more disturbing subconscious creations. And what better time for such a story than in the weeks approaching Halloween?
-DT
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Dave Trumbore's Collected Works 