Creatures
by William Pauley III
At some point, you begin dreaming, but unlike most of your dreams, you’re not the one at the helm of this broken narrative. Instead, you’re some spectating ghost, dripping with ectoplasm, and no one seems to take notice of your haunting presence for the entirety of the dream.
The following images flicker behind your eyelids as if you’re watching some poorly edited horror movie shot directly on videotape:
A man with a bulbous bald head leans into frame and picks up an old telephone receiver, spinning the dial seven times to make a call. You hear the tinny sounds of the phone line buzzing in your ear, followed by the hammering drone of each of the numbers being dialed in. After a short pause, the line begins to ring.
“Synthe & Grey: Execution Services. Got something you need dead?” a voice answers, baritone, with a thick Cockney accent.
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