Don't Close Your Eyes; and other short horror stories

Dream

You had had the most horrifying nightmare of your entire life.

Filled with demons and ghosts and monsters.

You wish that you could just wake up.

But you never do.

It's filled with fire and screaming and death.

You want to escape it, you really do.

But there's no escape.

There's no way out.

It wasn't really a dream.

For when you think you go to sleep you really wake up.

What you think is reality is really your escape.

You can escape and fall asleep and dream.

But this time you can't fall back asleep.