Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-25130327-20140723050829/@comment-25148755-20140723052843

Made some grammatical/stylistic edits below. Think the problem is there's already a story with that title found here. It's Only a Nightmare. You might try some variations.

It's only a Nightmare

A man came into her parents' bedroom with a gym bag. He reached into it and took out a shiny, metal object: a knife. He went to her father's side of the bed and stabbed downward, staining the fluffy white carpet a deep shade of crimson. He did the same to her mother. Her mother screamed and thrashed, but the man stabbed until she went still.

Julie woke with a start and realized she was sweating. She got of of bed and opened the door to her parents room saying, "Mommy, Daddy, I had a horrible dream."

"Don't worry, sweetie. It's only a nightmare," an unfamiliar voice responded.

The last thing Julie saw was a man running at her with a bloody knife.