Dreams From The 9th

Sandman... The name that surrounds the infamous small town of Lily Dale. The name in a folktale parents tell their kids about who would put you to bed if it was hard for you to sleep. Yet they were right about him putting you to bed, but never did they gave you a real reason and the whole story about Sandman. The folktale goes that Sandman would appear by your bedside or even in your dreams it begins with it being black then he'd begin to give you a dream, but try to fight the dream so you could control it would anger him. He'd stop quickly restrain you not allowing to scream out everything was silent. He'd be floating next to your body as it was being hung with your arms and legs spread. Then him twisting and disconnecting your arms and legs from their joints, your limbs then beating your torso and head leaving your entire torso and head covered with scratches and bruises. After that head utter the phrase, "Dream now... and forever dream in eternal damnation." A ball of black sand appeared on his hand, throwing it straight at your face getting in your eyes, mouth, nose, and any open crevices the sand entered slowly making its way into your blood stream depriving you of oxygen, killing you slowly. The last step was him biting off your head and eating it, as in real life you disappeared from your bed leaving behind a small pile of black sand. Now times have changed while parents tell their children about Sandman most people tend to take medication to put them to sleep getting Sandman very very conflicted ending up going on a killing spree yet a small group began to see the pattern and want to solve what they call "Ghost Mystery". Will they achieve what they want? Or will Sandman get to them? Find out on the short story "Dreams From The 9th".