Stan 

Yes 

What are you writing 

A fiction 

You did not sleep well last night 

I know 

Why was that is something troubling you 

Not really 

I often sleep badly 

Was it a bad dream 

Yes 

Describe your dream to me 

It was apocalyptic

Carry on 

I was working on an air base even though I was a civilian worker 

The other person in my department was a middle aged woman plain in appearance and rather rounded 

Although I tolerated her I did not particularly like her as I thought that she was a cocksucker 

I dislike cocksuckers male or female 

It was an ordinary day but we were summoned to meet the commandant who I considered to be an absolute cunt 

Part of our job was to bring the message bottles to his office twice a day once at ten and then again at four 

Message bottles 

Messages from other bases

It was a nickname because they were placed in tubes for security 

Not that they were important

How did you know 

Because I read them 

That was naughty of you Stan 

It was a dream Jane 

Nothing but a dream 

To carry on the commandant wanted to receive the message bottles three times a day at ten at one and lastly at four 

I argued against it as we received little in the early afternoon 

But the commandant being the cunt that he was told me that he was in charge and my opinion was irrelevant 

This obviously fucked me off but I did not add to my original argument

It was as we were cutting across the main runway 

Main runway was that not dangerous Stan 

Yes but it is hard to die in dreams    

It was a known but tolerated shortcut

I was walking with Masie Moo 

Was that her name 

Masie yes but I called her Masie Moo as she was a silly cow 

It was as we were cutting across the runway arguing really about the commandants change of procedure that I saw one of the nuclear bombers coming towards us 

Wow did you run 

No we had a nice apple pie picnic 

It was on fire and sure to crash and if its load exploded we would be totally and truely fucked 

I told Maisie to run with me without argument as I knew that she was the most important thing in my life

 As I was in hers 

What happened 

I was aware that there were attack shelters near the perimeter fence so we ran at speed towards them 

As I ran I saw the bomber belly flop onto the runway in a fireball completely destroying the commandant’s office   

But incredibly the plane flew upwards and then it released its nuclear payload into the sky

It was an apocalypse and as we dived into the shelter the whole area exploded 

Were you hurt 

No we made it in time and soon were running along the dimly lit passages that led towards to nearby hills 

And then 

We stopped and I said to Masie who was clearly distressed that we might if we were lucky survive but what would our future world be like 

Did she reply 

No 

Why 

Because Cleo woke me up 

Cleo 

She was telling me to get up 

I was in a mess and shaking as it had been a graphic nightmare 

Stan this is strange 

Why 

Because whilst you were at football I watched a series of Jack Ryan movies and was indeed watching one when you arrived home 

You had no idea as you showered and being Stan decided to catch even more football on your laptop 

You did not ask and were totally ignorant of my recreation 

That is why it is so spooky as the dream that you described was almost identical to the movie that I was watching 

It was almost as you were inside my head

I am sometimes 

Take it seriously Stan otherwise I will bite next time

You seem to have an odd ability to see certain things 

I know it has happened before 

Yes with that football manager a few years ago 

I woke up that morning and knew that he had died 

There was absolutely no way I would have known that 

It was only announced on the media that morning 

And the Canterbury incident 

Yes we were travelling back from Canterbury when I suddenly knew that a car had crashed into a garage and within minutes we passed a garage where a car had managed to crash into the display cars on the forecourt 

There is absolutely no way you would have known about Jack Ryan or the football manager or the Canterbury incident 

It is very unnerving Stan 

Does it happen often 

It tends to be in clusters 

London buses 

In a way 

I sometimes feel that I am very special Jane 

Yes Stan you are very special Stan 

And you are a Masie 

And you are a commandant