[Miss Olivia]

One of my recurring nightmares:
I'm standing at the edge of a lake surrounded by hills. The sky is cloudy. In front of me is a pier that goes out into the water. At the end is a small boy, kneeling on the edge of the pier, looking into the water. I walk up behind him to see what he's looking at, although I know it's going to be bad. Floating on the water is what looks almost like a cigar box, which is open. Light is pouring out of the box, but inside I can see a fish on it's back, split open from head to tail. There are wires and lines running out of the fish into the glowing whatever floating around it. The middle of the lake starts boiling, and a decomposing skeleton with a scythe comes from the middle of the boiling, runs across the top of the water and cuts the little boy in half and then I'm suddenly standing at the end of a long hallway. The floor is old wood, and running the length of the hallway are those old windows with the frosted glass that you crank to open. I walk the length of the hallway, and as I do I notice there is something walking along the outside with me, but it's only a shape because of the frosted glass. I come to one of the cranks, and start opening the window to see what it is, even though I know it's going to be bad already. On the other side is this horrible thing that looks like an Xray of Jesus from the waist up, crown of thorns and all, only his eyes are the size of baseballs, and completely white. From the waist down, there is a mass of tentacles that move constantly and independantly of each other.
Then, I wake up. I've dreamed it for years.
You would think I would've learned not to open the window by now.