Hunters
“He had slept poorly, even though Larry had let them use the double bed in his own bedroom and retired to the single bed in the guest room.
Ned's sleep had been full of nightmares. He had fallen from the helicopter again, but instead of landing in the river, he had landed in what felt like snow, and when he looked at what he was lying on, he saw that it was not snow, but a vast blanket of softness the color of blood. He sank into its sponginess with every move, and wherever he touched it with kn...ees, hands, or feet, his limbs grew red and wet. It was a thick sea of human tissue, as though a giant had been skinned, and Ned was an ant crawling on the surface of exposed, sodden muscle.
He had awakened with only a slight start that did not disturb Megan. He tried to push the dream from his mind, but instead remembered other dreams of that night, just as terrible. If he went back to sleep, he knew he would dream again.
The dim red numbers of the bedside clock read 4:30, and Ned got out of bed quietly, pulled on his clothes, and went down the short hall into the kitchen, where he made himself a cup of instant coffee that tasted as though it had been sitting on Larry's shelf for decades.MoreLess
Ned's sleep had been full of nightmares. He had fallen from the helicopter again, but instead of landing in the river, he had landed in what felt like snow, and when he looked at what he was lying on, he saw that it was not snow, but a vast blanket of softness the color of blood. He sank into its sponginess with every move, and wherever he touched it with kn...ees, hands, or feet, his limbs grew red and wet. It was a thick sea of human tissue, as though a giant had been skinned, and Ned was an ant crawling on the surface of exposed, sodden muscle.
He had awakened with only a slight start that did not disturb Megan. He tried to push the dream from his mind, but instead remembered other dreams of that night, just as terrible. If he went back to sleep, he knew he would dream again.
The dim red numbers of the bedside clock read 4:30, and Ned got out of bed quietly, pulled on his clothes, and went down the short hall into the kitchen, where he made himself a cup of instant coffee that tasted as though it had been sitting on Larry's shelf for decades.MoreLess
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