She is standing beside a corpse, hands bloody.
Who is he? Did she kill him? Why? I probe. She remains silent. I glean from the scene that it was self-defence.
Police, K9 units, courts, media – No, can’t have her deal with all that. I decide to bury him in the garden.
The garden gate isn’t opening though. I kick it hard. Still doesn’t budge. This is ridiculous. I decide to cut the body up . I try to pick up the chain-saw and I realize I’m paralysed.
Cleaning up murder may look easy on TV shows. It’s practically impossible in dreams.
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Sometimes there are these intense, panicky dreams that wake me up. But in that waking process – in that no-man’s/no-woman’s land between the unconscious and conscious mind -the dream is processed as if it were an actual event. The brain starts finding solutions to the problem in the dream- tries to put out fires – hide dead bodies . The memory of the actual dream is lost and I’m left like a detective with crime scene photos that get blurrier by the minute……Like a drunk stumbling upon a crime scene with blurred vision. Luckily my body remains paralysed in this sleep state otherwise you will find me searching for a chain-saw in the middle of the night and it would become very messy…Police , K9 units, courts and media…..
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This 100 word story is written in response to the 100 word photo challenge posted by Rochelle Wisoff-Field each week. This week’s photo was provided by fellow Friday Fictioneer/ storyteller David Stewart.
Click on the ‘blue frog’ below to read other amazing takes on the same photo prompt:
They do make it look easy on TV, don’t they? With the scene all set up and tens of people working? 😀 Nice take on the prompt.
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Thanks Yinglan. They make it look easy psychologically too 🙂
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Dear Ansumani,
Interesting take or takes on the prompt. I’ve had dreams where I tried to move and couldn’t. Well done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thanks Rochelle.
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Gee, if I murder somebody I sure hope you’re there to help clean up. A true friend always brings a chainsaw. Great story. 🙂
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Thanks Russell. You can count on me for clean up….I will be there in a blink of a REM eye.
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Entertaining story, and an interesting observation about the nature of dreams.
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Thanks Margaret!
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Thank goodness it was only a dream! Clever take.
Rosey Pinkerton’s blog
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Thanks Rosey. Thanks goodness indeed 🙂
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Gosh! That’s gory but well written. Dreams – well, what can I say? They are our companions in the dark hours.
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Thanks Parul. Sometimes we can do without those dark companions.
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Creative idea — you turn it into a compelling story. And yes, I’ve had dreams like that too — the most bizarre thing happens, and my dream-self tries to think through the logical way to deal with it, as though that kind of thing is totally normal. Although I’m glad to say my dreams never involve dead bodies or chainsaws!
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Thanks Joy. It’s good that your dreams do not involve dead bodies and chainsaws. Although it can make an interesting story it is not fun.
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Lucid dreams. They can be really horrible.
Great job.
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Thank you.
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Great dream. You had me hooked.
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Thanks Irene.
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That dream was a great twist, I didn’t expect it. We all experience the dream-paralysis, If I remember correctly, it’s our body’ s safety mechanism when sleeping and dreaming.
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Thanks! Yes, I have read about that too but it’s interesting to experience it so intensely now and then.
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May I suggest yoga and chamomile tea before bed? Yikes, sounds like you might be stressed out.
Be well friend and get some sleep.
🙂
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Your diagnosis is spot on Doc! I recall asking myself during the day ‘what extent would I go to protect a loved one’ and my subconscious must have answered with that violent-worst-case-scenario dream.
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Oh I see that. I’d use a chainsaw to protect my family.
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Well, the thought was there! I wonder if they could have gone through with it if it weren’t a dream? Nice story with a great twist.
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That’s a good question – will the person do the same thing in real life ? Hope I never get to answer that question 🙂 Thanks!
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That’s an intense dream, waking up must have been a relief!
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It was. Thanks !
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Things like that are practically impossible in dreams and it just gets worse and worse from there. Luckily, we can wake up from it. Nice story and a good, arresting opening.
-David
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Nice interesting story.
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Thanks Indira.
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Wow.. awesome story.. pretty intense..:)
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Thanks Mersha!
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Oh my goodness! I’m glad this was just a dream. I’ve often thought they make cleaning up a body too easy on TV. Ooh, I don’t want to think about it.
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Don’t think about it….and open the door to dreamland 🙂
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Those are the dreams that stay with me for days, pulling me back into spiral thinking! Wonderfully told and chilling.
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Thanks Dawn.
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Dreams can be strange. Sometimes I’ve tried to run in a dream and can’t move fast enough. It can cause a lot of stress. I’ve never had to dispose of a body as yet. Interesting story, and well written. 🙂 — Suzanne
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Thanks Suzanne. Hope you don’t have to dispose a body any time soon 🙂
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Loved your story asnumani, the dream was a great twist at the end! Happy to say I don’t have those type of dreams (well, any that I can remember anyway!)
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Thanks PJ.
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