The Recurring Dream

The “Recurring Dream” is a supernatural story centering around a strange dream, which constantly haunts Kimberly Clark. She is a young and beautiful woman of twenty-five who used to live in London and worked in a large company. She keeps a good position in the office however she has encountered an issue with herself, she sees a mysterious and frightening dream almost every night. In the dream, she finds herself walking on a village lane that is surrounded by white fences on both sides of it. At the end of the lane there is a little hill where on the top a beautiful cottage is located. She enters inside the house and finds in an old man with white hair and white beards fallen asleep. When she goes near him, he wakes up and stares at her but when she tries to speak with him, she wakes up and finds herself in her bed in London.

The recurring dream troubles her daily having no other option she shares her problem with her roommate Janet Wilson. Thinking of helping Kim, Janet invites her to her parent’s farm house. On the way Kim falls asleep and has the same dream. She was surprised to see the same place in front of her that she usually sees in her dream. She asks Janet to stop the car and she gets out of it. She sees the same lane, hill and cottage of her dream. As in the dream, she goes towards the house. However, this time she notices a sign “FOR SALE” hung on the of the door.

Surprised, she knocks at the door and the same old man with white hair and white beard opens the door. He looks at her with scared look and immediately closes the door. Confused Kim knocks again and requests the man to open the door, she inquires

why the house is for sale. The man replied in dismay that a ghost has been haunting the house every night. Kim asks him who the ghost is? In disbelief. “It is you” the man replied and shut the door before her.