Monday 26 January 2009

When the going gets weird.....

I had the weirdist experience the other night.

A had this dream/nightmare about being attacked by a giant bee. I was just in the act of punching out at it when I woke up suddenly - just in time to stop myself punching my wife in the head.

I pretty quickly went back to sleep and then forgot about it until the following evening when I jokingly apologised to my wife for almost hitting her. She asked why and I explained about being attacked by a giant bee. And her mouth just dropped open. Because the novel she had been reading in bed beside me that night featured a man who could control bees with his mind and make them attack people.

This was a book I had never read and knew absolutely nothing about.

Just a coincidence?

Or evidence of the untapped powers of the mind?

Forty years ago I might have reported it to the Bee Specials, but too late for that now.

(Only a few of you will get this. Apologies. But the bee story is true. And scary.)

4 comments:

Gerard Brennan said...

McKinty would probably get the Bee Specials thing.

gb

Sean Flanagan said...

I wouldnt bee too worried about it, good job you didnt hit your wife though
sf

ps any books coming out soon

adrian mckinty said...

You know what this is - he's establishing an alibi for his "sleepwalking defence". Mark my words we're going to hear about how much he likes twinkies next but sometimes they make him so mad.

Sandra e poi said...

hi colin, my name is sandra, i'm from italy and i read two of your stories. divorcing jack and ciclo volento
i liked them very much
i wish they'd translate some more into intalian
best regard
sandra
sandra.giammarruto@gmail.com