Comment from Jacqueline M Franklin

Excellent

Hi, Dean...

Good gravy, one of me is scary enough, but a doppelganger of me would just be too much---it would scare the bejeeze out of me---and then I'd scare my Pepperoni----she's such a delicate little dachshund! LOL

This was fun. Good job.

Cheers & Blessings
Keep Smilin'.... Jax (*;*)

 Comment Written 27-Mar-2015

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reply by the author on 29-Mar-2015

Heh-heh, no, we wouldn't want to scare poor little Pepperoni now, would we, Jax? My two dachshunds are pretty sensitive too, but they have to live and put up with me everyday. I think they're desensitized to all things horrific by now.

Thank you very much for your review. I appreciate it. :} ~Dean

Comment from krys123

Excellent

Dean;
First I thought the poem was quite terrifying until I read your authors notes and that made me get a double take on which was more terrifying. I always thought if one would see another person like themselves they would surely die. Probably from the intrigue of the soul being taken by another or maybe the other double would kill the other. The imagery that you implied in that both of these writings, the authors notes and the writing itself, impress me by the way you have written them. You're actually very good at scaring the daylights out of me, truly. Specimen when I leave these things at 10:30 and 11 o'clock at night. Another words I scare easy.
+ Your pictures very effective and obviously appropriate, reflective and complementary to your writing. It actually pictures the obvious which is being ghost handled by someone from underneath the bed.
+ Thanks for sharing and posting Dean and may the good Lord be with you always.
Alex

 Comment Written 27-Mar-2015

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reply by the author on 01-Apr-2015

Thanks very much for your review, Alex. I'm very happy you enjoyed this tiny tale of terror, and I certainly appreciate your comments.

~Dean :}

reply by krys123 on 01-Apr-2015

Alliteration:"tiny tale of terror" /Just kidding/
you are so sincerely welcome Dean.
Alex

reply by the author on 01-Apr-2015

;)

Comment from Ric Myworld

Excellent

You are a scary guy! It's almost like you can see into my head and pull out the very thoughts that come to mind as I read along with many of your stories. Thanks for another fun read. :-)

 Comment Written 27-Mar-2015

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reply by the author on 01-Apr-2015

Thanks very much, Ric. I'm very happy you enjoyed this tiny tale of terror, and I certainly appreciate your comments as always.

~Dean :}

Comment from boxergirl

Excellent

Well short and sweet and scary as heck, Dean. I listened to the music first and it definitely set the frightening tone for me. The picture added another element of horror as well. I never experienced what you described in your author notes but I did watch an Alfred Hitchcock show once about a "walking hand" hiding under a girl's bed and for years used to be afraid to let my hand hang off the side of the bed. 8-)

 Comment Written 27-Mar-2015

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reply by the author on 01-Apr-2015

Thanks so much for your review, boxergirl. I'm very happy you enjoyed this tiny tale of terror, and I certainly appreciate your comments.

~Dean :}

Comment from nancy_e_davis

Excellent

The only bad dreams I have are about A bear trying to get in the Cabin we are in, of a baby drowning and I'm swimming through the air trying to save it. No monsters just dreams of the ones I love in danger. Or being lost somewhere. This is
amazing to me. I wouldn't want horror dreams. Good job Dean.
:<) Nancy

 Comment Written 27-Mar-2015

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reply by the author on 01-Apr-2015

Hey, Nancy,

Thanks very much for your review, and I apologize for the length it took me to reply. I'm very happy you enjoyed this tiny tale of terror, and I certainly appreciate your comments.

~Dean :}

Comment from c_lucas

Excellent

I see that even your processor can be haunted. (LOL) This is very well written with a smooth flow of words, making for a very interesting read. Good imagery.

 Comment Written 27-Mar-2015

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reply by the author on 01-Apr-2015

Ha-hah, so it would seem, Charlie.

Thanks for your comments, buddy. I very much appreciate them. :} ~Dean

reply by c_lucas on 01-Apr-2015

You're welcome, Dean. Charlie

Comment from Louise G 23

Excellent

Excellent writing - I loved that the piece is short and yet I was on the edge of my seat and I was scared...I felt my eyes widening as my heart began pounding faster and my hands gripped my chair. Well done!

Your author notes freaked me out too. It's morning time for me and you certainly woke me up.

 Comment Written 27-Mar-2015

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reply by the author on 01-Apr-2015

Well, good, Louise. Then I am happy to have enabled you to start your day off invigorated, my friend.

Thanks a bunch for the encouraging comments and your interest in this flash fiction series. I very much appreciate it.

~Dean

Comment from Dorothy Farrell

Exceptional

Hi Dean - a short but very disturbing story. It's the way you tell 'em - as they say. I was a nervous child and would never lie in bed with my arm hanging over the edge in case there was someone under it who would grab it. I read your recurring dream and I can sympathise. I had one throughout my life, even after I left home and got married. I think it must be a kind of insecurity. Your picture made me think if that dream. As always very well composed and displayed. Warm regards Dorothy x

 Comment Written 27-Mar-2015

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reply by the author on 01-Apr-2015

Hah-ha, my pet peeve as a kid, at least as it pertained to the boogey man and things that go bump in the night, was having my closet door cracked, even so much as a tiny bit,heh-heh. But in my defense, that's where Mr. Grimm always came from...from out of my closet. B-r-r-r-r-r-r-r!

I'm happy you've taken an interest in these stories, Dorothy. I feel if flash and micro fiction is done right, it can make as big an impact on a reader than a story ten times its length.

Thanks so much again. Dorothy. Much obliged. :) ~Dean

Comment from Gloria ....

Excellent

Oh, very good, Dean. It looks like it's another night sleeping on the couch.

This is really, really good, my friend. You know how to write the horror of proportions frightening enough to make the hairs on our arms stand up.

Excellento!

Gloria

 Comment Written 27-Mar-2015

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reply by the author on 27-Mar-2015

Thanks, Gloria. I really appreciate the compliment. I'm glad you're digging this series of stories (no pun intended, LOL). Now, if I can just have enough material -- good material -- to fill an entire book. It's a challenge for sure!

Thanks so much again. Sleep tight, heh-heh... :} ~Dean

Comment from Margaret Snowdon

Excellent

What an imagination you have,
Dean - you create such a scary
atmosphere with your words and
music - as short as it was, I still
found it frightening.

Margaret

 Comment Written 27-Mar-2015

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reply by the author on 27-Mar-2015

I hope people are listening to the intro, and waiting for it to finish prior to reading the story, Margaret. I wanted these stories to have that old-time Mystery Theater or THRILLER CHILLER classic feel of those old time radio plays. I listen to those plays still, all of the time. They force us to use our imaginations, whereas television does that for you.

Thanks so much again, and have a pleasant weekend. :} ~Dean