Patricia M Osborne

Today’s challenger is Jacqueline Taylor whose response comes in the form of Deadly Nightmare. Is it as deadly as it sounds? Read on to find out.

Waking up with a jolt I glanced at the clock; it read three fifteen. I wondered why Pudsey hadn’t jumped up to lick my hand. Then realised with horror I couldn’t hear my wife’s gentle snores. In fact I couldn’t even hear her breathing.

I tried to put my hand out to shake her but I couldn’t move. I must be having a nightmare. I’d wake up in a minute. I glanced at the clock again. Time had stood still.

Suddenly it came to me. Was it a nightmare or was I actually dead?

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OOh, I think perhaps it is as deadly as it sounded. What do you think?

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