Night Owls

Jerry glanced down at the photograph in his hand, then back up again at the woman sitting alone at the back of the cafe.

Jerry was a beautiful man, who never had any issues finding admirers. But they were never what he wanted: They were never the woman he first fell in love with. That’s why he still kept her picture in his wallet. Now here she was. In a cafe were he sat as well. She was also alone.

All at once a blinding light coursed through the space. Jerry and the woman froze. And then a creature appeared, seemingly from the air itself.

Jerry felt trapped and immobile. The woman of his dreams was finally here and now it felt like he was in a dream! Where had this creature come from? Why did it suddenly appear? Most importantly-why did it remind him of the creature that visited hims at night as a kid?