The Last Nightmare
A Short and Terrifying Story by Steve Ray
Everything went blank for a moment, but that moment seemed like eternity. He felt a motion, not with wind and breeze, but a motion none the less. He was traveling, moving, floating, transcending-he wasn’t really sure. The sudden blackness gave him time to regain his thoughts, just enough time to recapture the last moments.
Though his first thoughts were garbled and dreamlike, they slowly began taking shape, like a tree seen through a thick fog, slowly it all came back to him out of the swirling, traveling, blank void. Utter confusion was giving way to bits of clarity.
They had rushed him to the hospital. He remembered the sirens and the cold hands of the paramedics. Cold hands all over his body, probing and poking. Yes, there had been screams, he remembered now—and the sound of sobbing.
Then the horrendous sound resurfaced, a sound that could be felt. It was a sound that had subsumed his whole being, wrapping itself around him, ripping through him. Then the sound of crunching metal, broken glass, and twisted carnage. What must have lasted only seconds seemed to him a long and troubling nightmare—then the dark, foggy void.
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Aside from the movie “The Exorcist,” this story has to be the most frightening
story I’ve ever read.
Should be required reading in all junior and senior Catechism classes and all
Catholic high schools and colleges.
I originally came across this article sometime in 2000 and immediately saved it
to disc. Forwarded to my older sister who was pretty shook up after reading it.
Still haunts me to this day, but makes me pray more when I have a memory of
this article.
Bud Mulqueeney
Quincy, MA.
Hi Steve,
I like your new website! I’m listening to you on Open line at Catholic Answers Live – you are answering questions from non-catholics. You are very calm and understanding. That is such a beautiful witness to our true faith – The Catholic Church – where we don’t have to feel worried or insecure.
I’m a convert and in RCIA and I can’t wait to belong to the Church. I read everything and study everything…it’s like I’ve been starved for truth in my Protestant life…but most of all starved for the true food which is the nourishment of Christ Himself in the Eucharist!
My husband and I are both so excited and I can’t believe that he would be interested in going on a trip with you and Dr. Hahn to Europe. He loves to travel but not leave the U.S. He wants to go to Rome which is a miracle in itself!
I need to find out the cost and what is involved in the upcoming Rome and Assisi trip. I would be thrilled to be there!
May God bless you for all you do for the One true faith!
Teri
Oops I forgot to put my website/blog address. It’s getting an overhaul too!
Hello Teri
Welcome home to the Church! Glad to have you join us. Also, thanks for your kind words about the show on Catholic Answers Live.
If you want more info on the trip to Rome we will have the brochure up soon. If you want info right away you can call Suzanne at 800-727-1999, ext. 121. She handles all the inquiries and registrations.
Thanks again for writing and give my greetings to your good husband too!