“But I don’t want to go to bed, the man with no eyes is waiting for me in the closet!” Tod cried to his Mom.

“Where did you get an idea like that?” Mom said gently. “Monsters aren’t real.”

“It’s a monster!” Tod cried harder.

Mom realized her mistake by calling it a monster instead of a man. Now three year old Tod was crying louder.

...

“Alright, Ben. That’s enough TV for tonight, it’s time for bed.” I say to my eight year old son.

“No!” He replies stubbornly.

“If you go up now I’ll read to you for a bit.”

“But I don’t want to go to bed!” He yells, I’m about to tell him off for speaking like that but what he says next makes the words catch in my throat. “The man with no eyes is waiting for me in the closet!”

“The man with n...

When Harper was 7 she did not like to go to sleep in her bedroom So one night she told her mom and dad . I don’t want to sleep in my bedroom tonight. “,But you have to said Harper’s mom “me and daddy have to get sleep so do you be sides you have school in the morning. So you go up and go to sleep goodnight . But I don’t want to go to bed “ there’s a scary man with no eyes “ waiting for me in the ...

I tried telling her. I really did. But when she sets her mind on something, she doesn’t stop until she gets it.

“But I don’t want to go to bed, the man with no eyes is waiting for me in the closet!” I whined. I know I sound bratty, especially for my age. That didn’t matter though. I was paralyzed in the corner of the hallway.

My fifteen year old sister was leaning against her door frame, glar...

I told her. I told her but she didn’t listen. “But I don’t want to go to bed, the man with no eyes is waiting for me in the closet!” Was I not clear enough? I thought I was being pretty clear. Maybe she forgot about the dreams. I told her about them, but maybe she forgot. Or maybe she didn’t take them seriously. I’ve heard adults don’t tend to put much stock in things like that. But I know that it...

"Go back to sleep, honey. It's just a dream."

Lee did not respond, he only stood distantly in the dark bedroom. My head thumped from my recent lack of sleep; my vision seemingly blurry in the dark. He had an angelic glow to him from the living room lamp behind him, so I could only make out his plump little outline. I scratched my head in confusion.

"Pray to God, he will help you fall asleep. And...

“But I don’t want to go to bed, the man with no eyes is waiting for me in the closet!” The little boy wails in his Spiderman sheets, thrashing about wildly.

“Honey,” his mother says, rubbing her tired eyes, “nothing is in the closet. I’ve checked billions of times.”

“You stay! You will see him too!”

“Come here,” his mother pulls him into a hug, wrapping her arms around the tiny boy. “I’ve given ...

It was Halloween again, my least favourite time of year. It brought back too many childhood memories. I closed my curtains catching a glimpse of the sea of costumed children walking past in the yellow pools of the street lights.

I climbed back onto the sofa and cuddled deeper into my blanket eating some popcorn and watching a comedy show, I could not abide horror. The TV flickered drawing me out...

"Thank you for coming over on such short notice Jessica. I didn't expect to be called into work tonight.", I say apologetically. Jessica is our babysitter. She's the best in the neighborhood, my son adores her. She is 18 years old, and about to graduate high school. With her light brown hair and dark brown eyes, she says with a smile, "Oh, Mrs. Sheffield, no worries. I am always up to look aft...

“But I don’t want to go to bed,

The man with no eyes is waiting for me in the closet!

He crawls out at night, and sleeps by my bed

He inches closer ever night, smelling rotten almost dead

Mommy listen to my cries

He is coming back tonight

During the day he’s in disguise

But when you leave he will arise

He wears a suit that’s filthy brown

And has teeth as sharp as knives

He has no eyes, bu...