Chapter 1: Sleepless

I'm so afraid.

I haven't been able to sleep for some time now. They keep me awake. Every night they come from out the shadows and speak to me. Every night I can hear their laughter, their whispers.

The shadows on the walls twist and churn as what lurks within them moves. Every so often I catch a glimpse of one of their too-wide smiles.

The things they say to me are unspeakable. It is so wondrous. They fill my head with things I never thought possible.

As I lay awake in bed at night, listening to them, I am afraid to hear them.

I'm afraid, because I think I'm beginning to enjoy it more and more.

I cannot wait until everyone else can hear them too.

Until everyone can feel this bliss.