Torturous Awakening — Greg Dixon

You've picked the scabs of your horrific nightmares a hundred times. You want agony. You desire destruction. Your only choice is to keep coming back for more. You try to pull your hand away, but your fingernails dig into your skin, lifting the crusts, opening the wounds again. They bleed. They dry. They heal. The vicious cycle slowly takes control of your mind. It dictates your every move. You toss. You turn. You scream into the night. Your mind tries to flush out its dark thoughts. It is useless. The blood from your wounds is flowing, covering you as you sleep, as you travel through a space that knows no boundaries and a time that spares no souls. Finally, you reach a gate. You clutch it with your hand. You squeeze tightly and think about the decision in front of you. Your hand begins to shake and your mind races. If you're looking for short stories that are filled with happy go lucky individuals who seemingly fall into unusual circumstances but eventually triumph over the evil with which they are confronted, turn around. Depart immediately. Leave the gate locked and never come back. If, on the other hand, you're seeking truly twisted tales filled with deranged, unforgiving characters and unthinkable acts of savage debauchery, open the gate. Escape reality. Let your wounds heal and enter into another world where the pain will scar your body more than any nightmare you have ever encountered. Complete your torturous awakening to Paradigms of Suffering. Paradigms of Suffering is a sick adventure into another dimension, where its tales will pierce your eyes, claw at your brain and rape your soul. Torturous Awakening is only the first step of your journey. There will be no happy endings. No one is safe from the intense suffering. People will die and blood will be shed. Scars will be forged on flesh and hearts will be annihilated. Go ahead, the gate has been opened. Enter. Live in your world. Enjoy suffering in mine.