Nightmare Pt.6
Date: 7/4/98
From: marcos1

Nightmare

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The sound of a rooster crowing signaled the approaching dawn, the carnival had silently set-up camp, tents raised, signs posted, everyone eagerly awaiting the coming day, an air of mystery and excitement in the air, for this group of players, this was the final act, and the most important one.

Thanatos sat sipping his coffee, pondering the letter attached to his motel room door. What could this mean? Who dares to call upon death?

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The Carnival Of Lost Souls
Souls that subsist not
Among pearly gates
Nor in brimstone fires
Wandering the Earth
Forever
Alone
We call to you
For you are our paramour

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He wondered about the meaning of the note, sitting in the small cafe, watching his friend Molly preparing breakfast for the tourists, truck drivers, and locals.

Molly walked over to his table. "Hey, have you heard the exciting news? There is a carnival in town. It showed up sometime during the night." Her face lit up, brown eyes and lovely brown hair.

"A carnival?" Thanatos asked. "How exciting. Has anyone gone there yet? What is it like?" The dark shadows loomed much larger around her. Her death must be nigh.

"No, I think that it will open tonight," Molly replied, pouring more coffee into his cup. "Hopefully, I can get out of here in time. I want to take my son, Michael. He has never been to a carnival before." Her eyes narrowed. "I don't remember a carnival ever coming to Sand Dollar before, and I've lived here all my life. I wonder why they are coming here now?"

"I'm wondering about the same thing," Thanatos said, thoughtfully.

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The woman spoke to the crowd. "Tonight, everything must be perfect. We have been waiting so long for this, centuries have passed, now is the time to clear the worms from our brains, revenge against the one, is now hitherto. The one that took away our dreams, loves, and hopes, and left us nothing."

To be continued--