A Pocketful of Rye
“So far I have refrained from elaborating on the extraordinary fantasy that afflicts me. It is a personal matter. It worries me. And as it is patently an hallucination, both auditory and visual, I prefer to keep it to myself. Nevertheless, lately the attacks have been more frequent and last night I suffered one of unprecedented severity. In fact, a shattering nightmare.
It began as usual. Darkness and desolation in the strange silent city. A sense of heartbreaking loneliness and the need, im...mediate and terrible, to seek help, to escape. Then, after that moment of fearful anticipation, the slow footsteps beginning, following, deliberate and insistent, echoing from behind me in the empty street.
I began to run. Usually I ran with speed. But tonight my feet were weighted and by the greatest effort I achieved only a dragging trot. The sounds behind me increased, drew gradually nearer. I must be overtaken. Almost, I could feel the touch of that unseen hand upon my shoulder.MoreLess
It began as usual. Darkness and desolation in the strange silent city. A sense of heartbreaking loneliness and the need, im...mediate and terrible, to seek help, to escape. Then, after that moment of fearful anticipation, the slow footsteps beginning, following, deliberate and insistent, echoing from behind me in the empty street.
I began to run. Usually I ran with speed. But tonight my feet were weighted and by the greatest effort I achieved only a dragging trot. The sounds behind me increased, drew gradually nearer. I must be overtaken. Almost, I could feel the touch of that unseen hand upon my shoulder.MoreLess
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