Haunted Sleepless

by Jonathan M. Vick

David and Sarah are new parents working 12 hour shifts opposite one another. Between shifts and between naps they take care of their baby, Galen ... until they begin to hear voices on the baby monitor, and soon suspect someone is in the baby's room. Are their sleepless minds creating hallucinations, or is there a ghost in nursery?

Genres: Fiction

37 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 11, 2013

About the author

Jonathan M. Vick is an award-winning playwright and novelist. His play, “A Bridge To Nowhere Is Just A Pier” won the 2005 Eclectic Company Theatre Hurricane Season award. His short story The Tale of the Torso won the 1998 Orlando Erotic Writing Competition. It is currently included in his book of short stories by the same name. Jonathan currently writes in the Orlando, FL area with his beautiful wife and three kids. He can be contacted at Defymacbeth@aol.com. For more of Jonathan’s books and plays Check out his website: http://jonathanmvick.com

Reviews

[Jeanine · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good premise, needed fleshing out.

[RedRedtheycallmeRed · Rating 3 out of 5]

This short story only took about 15 minutes to read. I had some issues with the flow, it was a little uneven at times. I liked that the story seemed like something that could actually happen, almost anyone who’s used a baby monitor has heard some weird feedback at one time or another. It also hits home for anyone who’s been a new parent, it’s utterly exhausting, and makes the ending even more tragic.

[Jazmine · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is a super short story about two young, overly exhausted parents just trying to make ends meet when they start hearing creepy voices coming through the baby monitor and seeing hallucinations. Haunted Sleepless definitely has the creepy factor I was looking for but something about the writing felt choppy to me. Overall I was pleasantly surprised by this one.