Would’ve been useful when I was about eight,” I said. “I used to have wicked nightmares.” I did, too: stupid dreams about being chased by Elmo. A psycho Elmo with eyes like that Chucky doll. I’d wake up screaming and Vicky would come running in and ask what the nightmare was about. I never told her. I was too embarrassed.
Would’ve been useful when I was about eight,” I said. “I used to have wicked nightmares.” I did, too: stupid dreams about being chased by Elmo. A psycho Elmo with eyes like that Chucky doll. I’d wake up screaming and Vicky would come running in and ask what the nightmare was about. I never told her. I was too embarrassed.
