🎟️ Microfiction: Night Terrors
Eerie | Mythic
Normally I don’t write microfiction or horror; but, I wrote this out after a vivid nightmare. I’ve been trying out new genres, and the change of pace is fun, even if it happens to be a nightmare on its own. Let me know what you think!
Every night, I see it. The glimpse and gleam of white, saltwater-stained ribs, flashing in moonlight against a bloody black sea.
First I think it’s the Nautilus.
Then I remember.
You can hear it coming, feel it, see the tail slowly flash, the cage slipping over you as the water laps.
There’s nowhere to run.
Not from it.
It was the phosphorus-eyed warden of the sea—
The Deathwake.
Larger than a whale, ribs laced tightly together, kept alive by who knows what—
And it swallowed divers, merfolk, and the shipwrecked, dragging them along through the depths of the sea.
One night, it swallowed me.
I think it could be a whole story of its own, but for now, I might use this creature within The Sword of Myn’.
Have you ever had vivid nightmares that you were able to use as inspiration?
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Gives a sense of dread. Well executed.
Glad to hear you're planning to use the creature in another story.
Creepy, and interesting.
No I haven't used a nightmare for a story, but I did start writing something based off a dream, which, if i may say so myself, was a great beginning for a book.