The Lady of Lake Lure

Best Day Ever

Photo by Jason Hinrichsen for Unsplash

I spent the night after our loss, unable and unwilling to sleep. Each time I dozed, horrifying moments from the game would invade my dreams like an endless loop of the movie, A Nightmare on Elm Street.

In the dream, I’m dribbling up the court, I look down at my feet, and my right foot vanishes. I fall and continue falling down this black bottomless pit; the only thing capable…