Comment from Susanjohn

Excellent

Oh no you didn't!! Oh lord! This one is going to creep my mind!! Talk about NOT sleeping.....why do i read you stuff at night!!! ugh.... ( nice job)

 Comment Written 16-Jun-2016

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reply by the author on 16-Jun-2016

I dunno, Susan. Perhaps you enjoy being scared a little more than you thought you did.
Fear releases certain endocrines inside our bodies which create an almost euphoric state. Not to mention the adrenaline "rush" we so often read or hear about.
Again, you are not alone, however. Many people do this and ask me this very same question.
Thanks so much for reading.
Pleasant screams, heh-heh...
~Dean

reply by Susanjohn on 16-Jun-2016

have had night terrors for years...you'd think I'd know better

reply by the author on 16-Jun-2016

So have I, and that's why I write as I do. It helps me deal with them somewhat.
Do you dream in color? Are they vague, or are they real enough to remember afterward?
I keep a journal beside my bed. If I have a particularly horrible dream, one that awakens me in the middle of the night, I immediately start jotting down details about it.
Places, times (current century or other), smells, sounds, who (or what) was there...
It's very therapeutic and it helps.
~Dean

reply by Susanjohn on 16-Jun-2016

I dream in color...VERY vivid, i can recall every detail...at times...I can't wake..Or I'll wake gasping for breath...as dreams are violent..hate them

reply by Susanjohn on 16-Jun-2016

reply by the author on 16-Jun-2016

I know how you feel, but I HAVE to write them down. That's what works best for me.

Comment from amada

Exceptional

OMG, oh dear! I didn't see it coming...wow. I like the terse and up to the point narrative and the quick and fast ending. No second guessing! Heh, heh

 Comment Written 14-Aug-2015

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reply by the author on 15-Aug-2015

Thank you, Amada. I'm very pleased to know you enjoyed the story. Thanks for the awesome feedback, and the sixth star. I really appreciate it.
~Dean :}

Comment from ~NERV· Dark Angel

Exceptional

Oo..didn't see that coming, "I visited my daughter's grave today to ask her to stop," great tension and shock created. Excellent title choice. I had to read it a few times because there is so much more being said in the well chosen words used. Nice work!

 Comment Written 14-Aug-2015

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reply by the author on 14-Aug-2015

Thanks, NERV-Dark Angel. I always do my best to keep my readers off guard and "in the dark" so to speak, until the final reveal. Flash fiction is to prose what haiku is to poetry. There must be that "Ah-ha!" moment at the end for it to work.

I very much appreciate your comments, the six-star rating, but most important, you time.
Thanks again. ~Dean

reply by ~NERV· Dark Angel on 18-Aug-2015

My pleasure.

Comment from Treischel

Excellent

You always entertain in your ghoulish manner. This surprising twist at the end caught me off guard, but then you're very good at that. Very well written. Spot on graphics. Some times they just won't rest in peace.

 Comment Written 14-Aug-2015

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reply by the author on 14-Aug-2015

Thank you very much, Tom. I appreciate you reading yet another Tiny Tale of Terror. Thanks for being such a loyal reader of these short snippets of terror. E
Me and everyone who has contributed truly appreciate your readership.
Much obliged. ~Dean

Comment from Ulla

Excellent

So he killed her off. Tut tut! Rather naughty he couldn't cope with his own child!
Well that aside, another well told horror story in so few words. Well done, yet again. All the best, Ulla

 Comment Written 13-Aug-2015

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reply by the author on 13-Aug-2015

Did he, Ulla? Or did she simply die later on? If she walked out the door in mommy's care, who's to she she didn't do the dirty deed, and our hero is simply overwrought with grief for allowing his daughter to go with her?

Hard to say, really...

Thanks so mcuh for the review. I do appreciate your feebback as always.
~Dean

reply by Ulla on 13-Aug-2015

Wow, your right Dean. I was blinkered, didn't see that angle. Makes it even more interesting. Cheers, Ulla

Comment from TAB_that's me

Excellent

Oh, this was just sad - your author notes though - horror, humorous horror or horrible humor - lol. Okay, enough horror reading for one day.

Teresa

 Comment Written 13-Aug-2015

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reply by the author on 13-Aug-2015

Party pooper!

Heh-heh...

Thanks very much for the review, Teresa. I do appreciate it.
~Dean

Comment from Walu Feral

Excellent

LOL. G'day Dean. You are a super star horror writer mate. How the hell can you put such a huge and dramatic twist at the tail of something so bloody short? That was a master stroke and I read it to Delia and we both got a shock and I exclaimed a naughty word at the end as well. LOL. Brilliant cobber. Cheers Fez

 Comment Written 13-Aug-2015

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reply by the author on 13-Aug-2015

I just write about things that scare the bejeezus outta me, Fez. And kids, they certainly qualify in all of their incarnations, heh-heh.
Thanks for dropping by with your comments, mate.
~Dean :)

Comment from Bill Schott

Excellent

This is a creepy one, Dean. The deeper sense of the poem that goes without saying is that joy is fleeting, but sorrow, guilt, and regret seem to be eternal....

 Comment Written 13-Aug-2015

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reply by the author on 13-Aug-2015

Thanks for reading, and for the great feedback as well, Bill. It is appreciated, as always.
~Dean

Comment from Eric1

Excellent

Wow Dean, your short stories sure do have an impact on their final words, some remind me of Roald Dahls 'tales of the unexpected, this story is sufficiently creepy my friend.

 Comment Written 13-Aug-2015

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reply by the author on 13-Aug-2015

Thanks for reading, and for the great feedback as well, Eric. It is appreciated, as always.
~Dean

reply by Eric1 on 14-Aug-2015

You are very welcome my friend.

Comment from kriver

Exceptional

Hi Dean,
This was really good.
Great build up of the suspense in the story The twist at the end was terrific
You really did an excellent job of putting a lot of impact into just a 100 words.
I wonder if there is such a thing as ultra flash fiction 50 words or less? A horror haiku ?
Anyways, it is a really good write.
Semper Fi
K River

 Comment Written 13-Aug-2015

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reply by the author on 13-Aug-2015

Thanks for stopping by to review this tiny twisted tale, K. River. I really appreciate the six stars too.
Yes, there is a form of prose called micro fiction, which is generally classified as 100 words or less. Anything from 100-500 words is usually deemed as flash fiction. That's my understanding anyhow based on what I've read.
Thanks again for the kind comments.
Sempi Fi to you also, my brother. ~Dean