I Have Had the Same Nightmare for Thirty Years. Last Night, a Child I'd Never Seen Before Appeared in My Dream and Said, 'Now It's My Turn.'
A dreamer discovers a mysterious child in a recurring nightmare and uncovers a family curse spanning generations.
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I frantically searched through old documents, desperate to uncover who that child was.
At last, I found the answer in a photograph of my ancestors that had been stuffed away in an old dresser drawer.
The child I had seen in my dream had the exact same face as one of my ancestors.
The writing on the back of the photograph stopped me cold: "My son, I pass this nightmare on to you."
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