Nightmare

she was sleek and black and faster than she had a right to be. i buried my face in her mane and let her carry me thru the tongues of fire and reaching demon hands. in the morning i awoke with my eyes gritty and the taste of copper in my mouth. she was gone, of course, and so were the flames and the demons. i stood up slowly, prepared to be bored.

I can't put it any better than Blackie did.

"Touch that remote and you die! Now that I've got your attention, here's the deal. See those two people? That's Frank, and that's Fay. Strangers when they met, turns out
they've got a lot in common. Both died on the same night, both ended up in the same body of water, and both took refuge in the same all-night cafe. Me, I run the place.
Name's Blackie. Been here from the beginning. Now, I know I said Frank and Fay were dead, but the cafe needed a new cook and waitress, so it gave them a second
chance at life. They do their job, they get to stick around and help unsuspecting customers turn their lives around. 'Course, anything can happen to those who wander in -
their worst nightmares, or their forbidden dreams. Yeah, it all happens here...in this little place we call the Nightmare Cafe."

One of my greatest linguistic surprises was to find that in German nightmare is 'Alptraum'. I looked at some part of the Swiss Alps on most days for twelve years – living near Zurich & Bern – and could never work out what made them so nightmarish, since they were generally white. Now I'm back in England and have so many black nightmares – related either to age, condition or medication, I know not which – that I could do with the Jungfrau, Eiger or Moench riding into my dreams from time to time......!!

In my worst nightmare i was being chased by something. The dream was almost completely black, only shadows and this creature after me. It chased me through a house and finally caught up with me. I was terrified as it spun me around.

When i looked at its face, it was my own.

My worse nightmare is the one where I wake up....
And then I wake up...
And then I wake...
And then I...
And then...
And...
A...

»Don't wave that thing at me!« screamed Frank.

Attendant Caesars rose and left, slamming the door. Outside, a minor god barked.