https://fivedotoh.com/2022/08/09/fandangos-story-starter-58/
Not that I’m short on prompts (or inspiration), but Fandango’s Story Starter sounded pretty good. Click the link above for more info—here’s the prompt.
“This week’s Story Starter teaser is: I woke from a sound sleep up with a start, turned on my nightstand light, and…”
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I woke from a sound sleep up with a start, turned on my nightstand light…which was only a flashlight…and, heart thumping like a heavy metal band, found my glasses so I could at least recognize the terror before it took me out.
This whole “getting old and still having nightmares” crap had become annoying, fatiguing, and I’d about had it. I didn’t bother to get out of bed for a look-see…what was the point?
It was the same crowd of old ghosts who traipsed through my sleep frequently as if my mind was a garage sale; bickering and whispering and shooting ugly glares my way—like maybe the merchandise just wasn’t worth the tagged price.
I sighed heavily, craving more sleep but unsure whether it was in the offing. Punching the pillow, I soon realized that ship had sailed. Might as well get up and watch a movie…
Oh good, “The Changeling”, or “Carrie”… Midway through George C. Scott’s ghostly misery, my snoring woke me….and I shuffled back to bed peacefully.
©Leyde Ryan, 2022 ~ All rights reserved.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Changeling_(film)
Don’t you love being woken up in the middle of the night by a nightmare?”
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Not exactly, haha! But I DID enjoy your prompt!!
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The Changeling is one of the best ghost stories ever! I still go cold at the thought of that rocking chair at the top of the stairs!
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Oh YES! That film is very well done! Many others are just trash.
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I tried to get a copy but it wasn’t available.
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Were you looking on Amazon? I know of another place to get hard to find films–if you want, I’ll look for the link.
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Thanks for the offer, but it was many years ago now and Hubby wouldn’t watch it anyway as that kind of thing unnerves him. To be honest, we have a vast collection of DVDs and we hardly watch them.
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Okay.
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🙂
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