Comment from Lylise

Excellent

Dearest sick puppy,

I am ignorant of this multi-author book format. Does this mean I can write about peeling off someone's skin, deep frying it and serving it with salsa? A chapter, if you will, in your dysfunctional book from hell?

Please tell me yes.

Lynda

 Comment Written 24-Apr-2015

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reply by the author on 24-Apr-2015

Yes, Lylise, absolutely. In fact, as long as your tiny tale of terror is between 100-200 words in length, you can even expound on that scenario, if you like. That's just the sort of thing I'm hoping for, heh-heh-heh... ~Dean ;)

Comment from CALLAHANMR

Exceptional

Hi Dean:(
Did tou know that anwrgesua raewly blocks the patient's hearing? Under hypnosis, patients can recal evert soud heard in the operating room. Negative words spoken by a doctor can creare adverse effects. That's why music and positive words are often played in modern operating rooms.

That might have prevented this woman's terror, but where's the fun in thar?

Roger

 Comment Written 24-Apr-2015

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reply by the author on 24-Apr-2015

Hah-hah, yeah, Bill...where is the fun in that, lol? Of course, being awake for an operation that requires you to be cut open with a surgical scalpel, music or not, wouldn't be too much fun. I know, it happened to me.
I awoke in the middle of my heart surgery. There was no pain, but I could feel the doctor tugging and pulling at something in my chest wall. I couldn't see anything, thankfully. They had a sheet in front of my face , from the neck down. When I spoke, all of the talking and noises and other activity I'd been hearing suddenly ceased. It got as quiet as a tomb. The next thing I knew, I was waking up in recovery.

Thanks a bunch fro the exceptional review and generous six star rating. As always, I truly appreciate it. ..:) ~Dean

Comment from Patrick G Cox

Excellent

Hi Dean,

Oh dear, that is a bit of a nightmare scenario. I suppose it depends heavily on what the 'operation' is supposed to be for ... Funny, when my appendix was removed, I came round just as they were about to start, but it was spotted and they knocked me out immediately. So efficiently it took them 24 hours to bring me round again!

Patrick

PS: The Count has another tale up ...

 Comment Written 24-Apr-2015

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reply by the author on 24-Apr-2015

I awoke during my defibrillator surgery, Patrick, and right smack dab in the middle of the operation, too! I could feel the doctor tugging and pulling inside my chest cavity, but the was no pain, thankfully. As soon as I spoke, they instantly put me under again. That experience is the inspiration for this story.

Thanks for your review. I'll get to the Count's new tale ASAP...~Dean

reply by Patrick G Cox on 24-Apr-2015

The whole anaethesia thing is a 'best guess' for each individual I have learned - lucky you!

Patrick

Comment from Sandra Stoner-Mitchell

Excellent

Do you know, Dean, some of these Tiny Tales of Terror, are far scarier than a full story. The imagination takes over where you leave off! This one is awful, I have read four times, hoping to change it, but the picture of her laying there and being cut open still stays in my mind! This is going to be one really frightening book! :( Brilliant, my friend! :) Sandra xsx

 Comment Written 24-Apr-2015

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reply by the author on 24-Apr-2015

Thanks, Sandra, I hope so. This one was easy to imagine because it actually happened to me. I awoke in the middle of surgery, felt the doctor pushing and tugging inside my chest as he implanted my defibrillator. There was no pain, but I was terrified once I realized where I was and what was happening.

The operating room was all abuzz with doctors and nurses talking, monitors going off and the like. When I spoke, you could hear a pin drop, and it got as silent as a tomb.

So, that being said, capturing the pure horror in this tiny tale of terror was easy. I lived through it....:)
~Dean

reply by Sandra Stoner-Mitchell on 24-Apr-2015

OMG, that must have been terrible! I can quite understand the silence! I had a new knee last June, and was given an epidural to paralyze me from the waist down. I could hear everything that was going on, and could speak to the anesthetist. I heard them saw through the knee bone, and hammer it out. Then the surgeon started to swear and I was suddenly put out properly. When I came round the nurse told me that when the doctor asked to be handed my new knee, there wasn't one. They had to phone around all the hospitals in the area to see if they had one. I was out for nearly 6 hours, instead of the one and a half. My blood pressure went so low, they were getting really worried. When you think of it, we all put our lives in their hands quite happily. Sometimes it goes wrong. I bet there are more stories out there. I don't think I would have been a happy bunny if I had felt someone pushing and tugging inside my chest though!!

reply by the author on 24-Apr-2015

Wow, that's a scary story itself, Sandra! To have to keep you under for that long is extremely dangerous. ...

reply by Sandra Stoner-Mitchell on 24-Apr-2015

I know, the doctors were coming to see me half a dozen times a day because they were worried. Fortunately, I was blissfully unaware of what had happened till the next day. I have had no end of problems since. They want to operate again, I am not going down that road. Once bitten... xx

Comment from evilynne

Excellent

Another one of your recipes for nightmares. Of course, it is well written as always. It leaves us with goose bumps. I wouldn't expect any less from the master of horror. Evi

 Comment Written 24-Apr-2015

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reply by the author on 24-Apr-2015

Thank you, Evi. I'm happy to know that you enjoyed it. I very much appreciate your very thoughtful review.

Have a great weekend, my friend. :) ~Dean

Comment from Dorothy Farrell

Excellent

I was going to say "short and sweet" but hardly appropriate. Being able to impart terror in so few words is not easy but you have achieved this. Good chapter with a good picture. I'll have a long think - don't think I can manage this kind of writing as well as you. Warm regards Dorothyx

 Comment Written 24-Apr-2015

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reply by the author on 24-Apr-2015

Well, you know what they say, Dorothy. You'll never know unless you try. You're a very talented writer, so don't sell yourself short. I'll bet you could come up with something awesome.

Thanks very much for your thoughtful review...:)

Comment from livelylinda

Excellent

Dean: the shorter they are, the creepier they seem! This one topped all others, I think. I'd love to join the multi-authored book you mention. However, if I could (and it is doubtful)write a terribly creepy story, I would never sleep again because it would never leave my brain. I'll leave this style up to you, then. LOL Linda

 Comment Written 24-Apr-2015

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reply by the author on 24-Apr-2015

Well, if you ever decide to change your mind, you'll know where to find me, Linda. Thanks very much for your outstanding comments. :)
~Dean

Comment from Dustybones

Excellent

You've added another great chapter with this very horror filled nightmare of evil in those we find trust in turning into demons at just the wrong moment. Terrible but good in a bad way.

 Comment Written 24-Apr-2015

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reply by the author on 24-Apr-2015

Thanks, Dustybones. This really happened to me -- but I awoke during heart surgery. Thankfully, there was no pain involved. I very much appreciate your review, my friend...:)
~Dean

Comment from Sis Cat

Excellent

I decided to read your post in the morning and not before bedtime. I am already haunted over having listened to an audio recording Dante's "Inferno" for the first time several days ago and did not want to add anymore terrifying images at night.

I enjoyed this piece of horror flash fiction. It represents a horror many have-that of being operated on while conscious. I have a feeling here that it is not a real operation but a torture. Forced abortion images come to mind. In the press recently a pregnant mother responded to a Craig's List ad for baby clothes, was knocked out, and had her baby carved out of her stomach alive by another woman who wanted her baby. The baby later died in a bath tub and the woman was arrested for murder and attempted murder. These are the images that your story called to mind.

I am not sure I can thank you for sharing such horrible images, but I can thank you for daring to have fun with this subject which you executed (pun intended) quite well.

 Comment Written 24-Apr-2015

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reply by the author on 24-Apr-2015

That's a horrifying tale indeed, Sis Cat. It just goes to prove that there truly are monsters roaming all around us every day. They just know how to hide it so very well.

Much obliged for the review. :)

Comment from Ric Myworld

Excellent

Thanks for another great tiny tale that gives me the willies with so few words. I've read very little flash fiction before you started this book, but I've since become addicted to the quick reward for such short reads. Great job. :-)

 Comment Written 24-Apr-2015

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reply by the author on 24-Apr-2015

Thanks for having an interest in the series, Ric. As always, I very much appreciate you, your readership, and your excellent feedback. Much obliged, my friend. Have a fantastic weekend. :) ~Dean