Competition: I am your nightmare

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I am your nightmare

They say that dreams are a glimpse into the subconscious, betraying a person's deepest thoughts and feelings. Though we would prefer to have a restful sleep, sometimes we end up having a more disturbing night than usual. What haunts your character's subconscious? What vivid nightmares plague their dreams? What unspeakable horrors make them sweat, squirm and shriek in the night?

In 500 words or more, write a story showing one such nightmare. The more vivid and evocative the piece, the better. However, why that particular something is particularly terrifying to your character should also be conveyed from the text itself.

Submissions accepted in .doc, .docx and .pdf formats. Please do not submit your texts in the text-box, but use an attached file. All submissions will be graded using the Fiction Rubric 2.0

Competition Information
Organized by
Aedile Tali Sroka
Running time
2018-07-01 until 2018-07-31 (about 1 month)
Target Unit
Entire DJB
Competition Type
Fiction
Awards
Second Level Crescents and Clusters of Ice as per VOICE guidelines
Participants
21 subscribers, of which 5 have participated.
Results
Member
Master Ruka Tenbriss Ya-ir
File submission
War_memory.pdf
Placement
1st place
2nd place
Aylin Sajark
Member
Aylin Sajark
File submission
I_am_your_nightmare.pdf
Placement
2nd place
3rd place
Obsidian
Member
Obsidian
File submission
I_am_your_Nightmare.docx
Placement
3rd place
Member
Joe Durham
Textual submission

“Please don’t this!” Joe pleaded with the Twi’lek Sith Lord in front of him. The Sith currently had his lover, Alana, trapped with a lightsaber to her throat. “Submit to my will!” The Sith ordered Joe. “P..please I’ll do anything!” Joe said dropping to his knees. Strangely he didn’t sense hate coming from the Sith, instead he felt excitement radiating through the Force and it was coming from the Sith. The bastard’s getting off on this. Joe thought to himself. Suddenly Joe felt calmness wash over Alana. I’m sorry. She mouthed towards Joe. “WHA…!” Joe yelled right before Alana kicked the Sith in the shin. “Damn you!” The Sith said before slicing Alana’s head clean off of her body. “NOOOO!” Joe let out the most horrific Force enhanced scream the Sith had ever heard and could be heard throughout half the city. “What the hell?!” Shouted the Sith as he and every force sensitive within ten Star systems sensed all the agony and pain emanating from Joe. The Force energy was so potent it could knock untrained force users unconscious from all the suffering. “This is the way of the Sith, Durham all things end in death.” The Sith said. “Now you see the truth is written in blood.” He continued, pointing at Alana’s lifeless body. “YOU BASTARD I’LL KILL YOU”! Joe shouted as he jumped up and with the assistance of the Force leapt across the room to the Sith. His dark brown eyes now turned crimson with bloodthirst and filled with burning flames of pure hatred, it terrified the Sith in front of him. “S..s...stay away from me!” The Sith squealed. Before he could attack Joe with his lightsaber, Joe’s cold hands wrapped around the Sith’s throat.
“Ahhh!” Joe shouted, suddenly sitting up in bed drenched in cold sweat and breathing haphazardly. Tears streamed down his face as he placed his head into his hands. “Honey what’s wrong, was it another nightmare?” Asked his lover sitting up beside him. “The same one...always the same one.” Joe whispered. “Let me help you...tell me how to help.”Alana pleaded with Joe. “That’s just it Alana.” Joe said tears still streaming from his eyes. “I don’t think you can!” Joe said before letting out a horrible sob. He laid back down and Alana followed, holding him in her arms in an attempt to calm him down. In the end, Joe cried himself back to sleep.
The next day Joe set out to find his former master in an attempt to get answers about his dreams. “I’m glad you were able to make it.” Said Kromtal as Joe entered his office. “It’s good to see you to master.” Joe said. “Now What is it that’s causing you so much trouble?” Kromtal asked concerned. “What do you mean?” Joe asked taking a seat in front of Kromtal. “Judging from from the bags under your eyes I can tell you aren’t getting much sleep.” Kromtal began. “ and not to mention I can sense how distraught you are through the Force.” He finished. Joe hadn’t realized his lack of sleep had caused his Force barrier to weaken. “Master, there’s something wrong…with me!” Joe said with a sob.

Placement
No placement
Member
Mauro Wynter
File submission
Nightmares.pdf
Placement
No placement