I often wake up, covered in ice-cold sweat, shaking like a shitting woodlouse, Hieronymus Bosch-like images bouncing off the inner wall of my skull, the screams of a thousand banshees clawing at my ear-drums – and that’s just when I accidentally fall asleep at my desk at work.
I have the odd nightmare at home, too. Sometimes, these nightmares are triggered by something I’ve seen; a horror movie, a dead fox by the side of the road, a cucumber placed behind me while I’m eating my dinner, or a left-handed person etc.
And today I have seen another thing that will be giving me nightmares tonight.
The idea behind Instagram account @thingsihavedrawn is simple: two young boys draw some pictures of things and their dad then transforms them into photo-realistic mistakes birthed from the very depths of Hades.
Here’s one:
OH GOD... OH JESUS CHRIST
CTRL ALT DELETE CTRL ALT FUCKING DELETE
THE POWER OF CHRIST COMPELS YOU
IT VISITS ME IN THE NIGHT AND I DON'T WANT IT TO ANYMORE.
Yeah, no, I’m asking my boss if I can go home right this minute. I’m not writing anything else today. In fact, I’m just gonna go right n
