Short story: A Resolution

She woke sweating heavily, staring at the doorway of her bedroom. It was the same nightmare that always woke her up—the one she had had since her childhood. There was always that thing at the door, staring at her. The creature she had searched for in all books seemed to exist everywhere and nowhere. There it was. Always there. Waiting to take her away.

It never left her. She squeezed her eyes tightly shut and opened them again. There was only darkness and the light from her alarm clock. She t...