M Lee Goodson began her professional career as an elementary school teacher where she used her passion for storytelling to educate young minds and prepare them for the challenges that lay ahead. She has since obtained her Master’s Degree in Creative Writing from Southern New Hampshire University. She lives in south central Texas with her husband and three dogs. Her lifelong passion for learning and storytelling has inspired her to study and learn about urban legends and psychological horror. She feels that our stories reveal who we are as part of humanity.
It’s there again tonight. I try to ignore it, but it shines so bright in the darkness of the night as I lie in bed with my head on the pillow trying to fall asleep. The first night it appeared, I thought maybe it was a blue light from one of the many electronic devices in our bedroom, but then I remembered that my husband likes the room completely dark. He even put blackout curtains up so that there wouldn’t be any light coming in from outside through the window. No, there’s no mistaking it. There’s a shining bright blue eye floating right above my dresser.
Ever since I can remember, the sound of thunder scared me. No other sound in the world sounds as loud and unpredictable to me as thunder. Some people might say that there’s always a bolt of lightning before the sound of thunder, but not necessarily. If I don’t happen to see the lightning, then that thunderclap can be a total fright inducing surprise.
When I was in high school, we spent a lot of time studying Greek Mythology. I learned all the stories and legends about the gods and the myths. I found out how these stories changed language and art for centuries to come. There are still sayings that we have today that are based on these stories.