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Casting for History of the Troubles (Accordin’ to My Da)
For our reading Wednesday night at 19:00 in the hostel Lounge, the following role assignments: Gerry: Joan Seamus: Chris Derek: Kate the Younger Fireball: Kimberley Felix: Jonathan Maggie: Allison Eugene: Kelsey Colm: James Stage directions and voice over: Terri And all other roles read by Chloe, Savanna and Kate the Elder as they come up: […]
Civil War Nightmare
When I was a child, I had a series of very high fevers. During several, I dreamt that two Confederate soldiers burst out of my closet on horseback, sabers raised, screaming, tearing across my bedroom. Odd, because at five, despite my father’s love of Gettysburg, I don’t know how I identified the soldier uniforms as […]
Let’s Have a Kiki.
I stopped having nightmares when I was in 3rd grade. I recall being in the middle of a nightmare, but realizing I was dreaming. At that point, I left the danger because I knew I wouldn’t get hurt. I haven’t had a terror since I harnessed the power of lucid dreaming. However, indulge me. I’ll […]
There’s a dinosaur in the backyard
This may sound odd…but I haven’t had a memorable dream in over a year. I often have trouble falling asleep, but when I do I pass out, never a dream to be had. I actually have a theory that I don’t dream because I don’t have the time to read the fiction that I love […]
Sweet Dreams, or Counting Sheep
He is the shadow in the corner of my eye. He is the tingling on my shoulder. He waits for me each night, calling to me with a nauseating lullaby of cackles, and I cannot resist. Black as fear and towering as the unknown, the creature of the demon’s smile visits death upon me once […]
Wandering Tourist
Today’s adventures in Armagh remind me of a trend I usually field in my nightmares: being chronically lost in a strange, empty space. As I wondered through Armagh, pondering the subject of my upcoming play and idly searching for Friar Tucks for lunch, when it became quite clear that I really didn’t know where I […]
Hitler’s Cook
My most horrifying nightmare of late occurred the night I arrived in Armagh. I found myself in a whitewashed basement dressed entirely in white. The only way to walk was forward, so I did. I went through a door that led into an industrial kitchen; but dust and rubble littered the floor. I heard thump […]
The Hauntings of a Pleasant Nightmare
You can dream every night and still only remember a select few. The meaning of this is impossible for me to put into words but I can say that I take every dream, as I should; a sign sent to me from other worlds. I have dreamt of plenty of monsters, witches, and terrible circumstances. […]
Nightmare!
When I was I younger I would one have frequent, reoccurring dream. Growing up I shared a room with my little sister. In my dream, I would be sitting on my bed in my room. My sister would be sleeping. My bedroom door would begin to open and my laptop screen would shut off, leaving my […]
We Are Soggy..
from all these brainstorms. And the rain that hit Navan. Today stormed when we were nearing the top of a very old hill; an ancient mound, even. I think Ireland was trying to tell me something. I tried to listen. I listened with sight set on glorious landscape. Armagh and I […]
