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Submitted to Contest #325
It always starts with a flicker right outside of my vision as I drift off to sleep. It could be a shadow moving, a light flickering, but it presents itself; I know what is coming next. That brief flicker starts a panic, but it's already too late. I’ve already slipped off to sleep. I am no longer in control. That shadow, to me, is real. I sense danger; I feel the nightmares before they come. That last bit of consciousness before I drift off to dreamland. And I know it means sleep paralysis will follow. Then the uncertainty of whether I'm asl...
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