Recap

Mirror Visions

An Open Lines special topic of strange things seen in a mirror elicited some interesting calls. One man said his face became disfigured into an alien species and the background changed to a red desert planet with two moons in the sky. Another caller described seeing a strange figure in a dressing room mirror that was not a reflection of anyone present, and the figure was staring at him.

Callers also reported sharing identical dreams and having recurring nightmares. In one such call, a man said as a boy he had harsh nightmares always featuring the same elderly woman in a plaid skirt, and these dreams bled over into his waking states, causing "distortions." The woman appeared to want something, but would never articulate what it was.

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Friday's first hour guest, writer Marc Zicree (zicree.com) discussed his book The Twilight Zone Companion. The late Rod Serling, who hosted the classic horror-fantasy-science fiction show and wrote 92 of its episodes, was one of TV's first great stylists, said Zicree. A kind of "modern alienation" or a fear of the unknown that you couldn't share with others, was one of Serling's major themes, he added.

A Wish for Wings

Jenn Dolari writes:
When I was a little little kid, I used to see these shadow creatures "dancing" although they were more like jumping from shadow to shadow on my walls. Saw them quite a bit till my cousin lit a firecracker behind my ear at the age of 4. Got a bad case of Tinnitus from that that I still have to this day. After the firecracker issue, I never saw the shadows again.

However, many years later, I began to write a (fictional) story about a girl who wanted to be an angel, and her (occasional) experiences with Shadow People. They're EXACTLY as I saw them as a kid, minus the red eyes, which I did for the story's sake.

Check out Jenn Dolari's graphic-novel styled tale, A Wish for Wings.