My Dream of Monsters

As a child, I once had a nightmare and woke up screaming. My mother came into my room, and I told her what I’d dreamed.

I saw two monsters standing over me as I lay there. They had multiple eyes, strange mouths, and distorted faces. My mother told me I didn’t need to be afraid, that it was just a dream.

Two weeks later, I was in an accident and suffered severe burns. At the hospital, I was given anesthesia.

When I woke up, I saw the monsters again, standing there and staring at me.

They were the same monsters from my dream — only this time, they were my parents. My vision was distorted, a side effect of the anesthesia.