NIGHT: A NIGHTMARE - A dark tale by Guy de Maupassant.

Night. A Nightmare by Guy de Maupassant. Read by Michael Helme.
Illustration by Michael Helme.
A stroll into the void ?
Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant was a 19th-century French author, remembered as a master of the short story form, and as a representative of the Naturalist school, who depicted human lives and destinies and social forces in disillusioned and often pessimistic terms. (Wikipedia)

[@Carlos_DK]

As a long-time night shift worker, the intro to this tale really gives me a frisson 🔥

[@hear_here]

I'm glad this tale has evoked such an emotion in you.

[@jeanthornton2107]

Ooof! What an ending... The ending of all endings... Superb story young man. Thank You 💝

[@hear_here]

Cheers Jean! I connected with this story as it reminded me of a type of dream I used to have where I would be disorientated😵 in a night time city, giant buildings all around, lost in the darkness🌆. I must have grown out of the anxiety that caused them. 🤔😀

[@jeanthornton2107]

@@hear_here just read of Guy de Maupassants sad sad life. Poor soul.

[@hear_here]

Critics suggest Maupassant's declining mental health (paranoia and hallucinations) fed into his story writing, particularly ones with a supernatural theme.

[@ginabeena6757]

Wow, what a bleak story! Thanks!

[@davidwhite7294]

De Maupassant had syphylis.He went mad and was confined to a mental home where he killed himself. All his stories are very bleak.

[@hear_here]

Thank you! Yes, it definitely isn't the 'City Of Light' Paris.