Haunted Fortress

I don't know if I necessarily believe in ghosts. I certainly watch enough paranormal documentary-type shows for story inspiration, but ghosts and hauntings... bit dodgy in terms of evidence.

That said, occasionally I experience what seem like ghostly visitations in dreams...

What does that mean?

Dead hours of Monday morning, I had a dream. I guess it was one of those curious half-dreams. In the dream, I'm in my bed in my apartment. Not one of those surrogate "this is supposed to be my apartment but it's really not" settings. It's just my apartment, in its current state.

And I physically feel this presence coming on. It's a little like a sense of electricity surging through my body. Not literally electricity, but something... volatile and alive passing through my core... and somehow, I know—or believe—that this feeling is a ghost visiting me.

This Monday morning, that feeling was accompanied by the vision of a girl—the dark figure of a girl—rising up and then crouching down toward me in my bed.

Pretty fucking horrifying. So much so that I abruptly and consciously SHOOK MYSELF OUT OF THE DREAM so that I could open my eyes and prove to myself that the figure wasn't actually in the room with me.

I've never seen that dark figure before, but I've had these types of dreams before.

I should really try to keep healthier hours.