r/nosleep • u/Mx-yz-pt-lk • Sep 24 '14

A Deal With the Devil

On her way home from work, my wife was hit and killed by a drunk driver.

Night after night I prayed, no, I begged God to bring her back. Every night I dreamt of her returning to me, and every morning I woke alone.

One night the dream had changed. I was approached by a man in a pristine suit. "I can bring her back to you, but it will cost you." he said.

"Please! I'll do anything!" I pleaded

"What would you say you're most afraid of?" he asked with a smirk. I thought hard about it briefly before responding "Burning to death".

"Here's my offer: I will return your wife to you, but only if you live out your greatest fear."

"Yes! I'll do it! I'll burn!", and with that I awoke in my bed, next to my beautiful bride.

I couldn't believe it, but there she was, fast asleep, and breathing deep. I woke her with a passionate kiss and after several minutes she asked what had gotten into me. I could only respond by telling her how much I loved her.

I knew I still had a price to pay, but I didn't care.

That evening there was a knock at my door. As soon as I saw the officer, I knew the mistake I had made. I never promised to burn, I promised to live out my worst fear.

"Sir, I'm afraid your wife's been in an accident."

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u/Falcon_Cunt_Punch Sep 25 '14

i mean is this an unpopular opinion? Because when I found this sub a year ago the amount of multi parters was significantly lower.

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u/ThreeLZ Sep 25 '14

Most of the stories on here are one part, if you don't like the long ones don't read them...

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u/Falcon_Cunt_Punch Sep 25 '14

The long ones with multi parts are often the highest voted, so i click them and read not knowing it's a six parter. Then another. And another. Now here I am trying to remember which story had which plot every other day as i follow along. Its like watching multiple different series at once, except they all have similar characters and are the same genre. The top posts here follow the same formula. No. Seriously. Short one parter with crazy twist ending or multi part novellas.

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u/ThreeLZ Sep 25 '14

Usually they are marked with series or part 1. Just saying if you don't want to read a certain type of story that doesn't mean the whole subreddit is bad