My worst nightmare

Photographer Lottie Davies (Lottie Davies) asked his friends to tell about the most frightening dreams that they have ever seen. In these stories she created a series of atmospheric images called "Nightmares and memories".

We invite our readers to briefly dive into the dark world of the subconscious of another. What kind of nightmares you?

The Story Of Lou

"My friend Danny and I rented a room from a very nice old lady in a small Portuguese house. When I did sleep, I suddenly thought that I fell off and bumped his shoulder against the wall. I thought I fell out of bed and stuck between her and the wall, and then someone grabbed his hands and dragged him toward the door. I saw that the room was filled with people, they covered the floor a living carpet, piled on the furniture. They were all naked, with long dark hair and some strange asexual. They looked really scary.

They continued to drag me across the floor toward the door, and at some point I suddenly realized that this may be a dream. I began to shout loudly: "Where's Dani?", to Wake herself. Then one of them pulled out of bed a blood-stained sheet — I couldn't see what was under it — and whispered, "She's here." Now I wouldn't stop screaming...

Never before and never later I wasn't so scared of sleep."

Red Devil

"My daughter Scarlett had often dreamed of the Red Devil. She said she could see it in the corner of the room, but he never hurt her. Her safety was always to protect native American dream catchers".

Twin Viola

"All is Sunny and happy day. Viola, my three year old daughter ran over to me, arms open wide, smiling widely and screaming: "Mommy!". Suddenly from behind her a second viola and does exactly the same. In a moment everything changes: sweet dream turns into a nightmare, I in silent horror watching them and can't figure out who the second girl, and if the first is my daughter.

Another time again I dreamed of three-year-old viola. She is blue — eyed blonde as in life. Suddenly there is another girl, and in the dream I realize that she, too, viola, although she has green eyes and dark hair. They both act like I'm their mother, but if he did not notice each other. I feel something is wrong, because I didn't have twins, But I can't remember which one of them is my daughter."

Five

"I constantly have nightmares, talk about the past. I was pregnant with five babies, it was horrible, because I don't want any more children (I have two, I'm 42, and health is not the same). I had to ask my midwife to deliver the baby, although she's already retired. When the kids were born, I immediately began to think about how big the stroller we need, as the whole gang will fit into our tiny car, which will tell the older children, as it is now to be with work, and most importantly, where to get money to feed them all?"

River

"I dream that England still inhabited by Gentiles, but the army of priests already going through it to increase the number of Christians. I am a priestess of the old faith, and when others submit to the new order, to save your life, I can't do that. The priests are going to crucify me.

Later I see floating in a boat with the chief priest of smooth, sleepy surface of the river, surrounded by old trees. Me my daughter, she's about 9 years old. Here, away from people, the priest begins to dissolve hands and pester me, and I am compelled to obey.

Before I was killed, I whispered to my daughter's her secret name she should not say, but must always remember. I can see how she swims to the shore, and reaches a place where the low hanging branches of trees. She removes them and is in front of the old wall, on which is carved the figure. This is her mother crucified. I know that this place is sacred to us, and my people will never forget the true faith. In the dream, I die, and waking up, don't know if I'm alive or dead."

What does the future hold?

"I divorced her husband and became embroiled in a relationship with a very jealous man, who had long been the Bane of my life me and my son ten years after I broke up with him.

I dreamed that my son felt like a child who just learned to crawl, and played near the fireplace in an old house, where there was a fire. It was the ashes, without the fire, but all filled with heavy, eerie ashes. My ex-lover came here, like a shadow, and became slowly and gently to cover the face of my son sticky soot. I saw that it blackens, and that the baby becomes difficult to breathe. Soot clung to his eyelids, and I knew if he closes eyes, will die. I could not shake it, because then it would be even worse. I had to be careful to blow the soot from his face... I felt lost and afraid, and when I woke up, I realized that this is what you feel in real life".

The girl in the tower

"My worst nightmare is very old, when I was 10-11 years old. My parents got divorced, and I really missed the father. I was told that I have to kill some unknown girl, otherwise, they (not sure who it was) going to kill my dad. I took a big knife and started to climb the spiral staircase to the high old tower. It was dark and damp. In the end I saw the wooden door and found her a room in which the bed lay a girl. I stood over her and raised the knife. But when the knife was already close to her chest, I suddenly realized that she is me. However, I couldn't stop. I woke up only when the knife touched her. Next was my mother woke up from my terrible scream. I cried for hours. I can't remember about it."