The giant in the red storm

Date: 5/21/2026

By Tjika

I was at my parents place, visiting. We were going to the shop to get some dinner. I don't remember why, but it took us a surprisingly long time to get everything. I think we kept buying stuff we didn't really need and then discussing it in the shop. Eventually we did get home with the groceries though. Once we got home it became extremely stormy outside. We were just having some casual conversation when I realised there were a lot of flies on our window. I was wondering why and eventually mentioned it to my parents and brothers too. They too thought it was odd. We also noticed the storm was red for some reason. Bigger flies were now flying into our window and Instated to get worried, so I moved around through the house to get a better look. I looked into the storm through another window and suddenly I saw what was at the center of it. It was a giant man, but like an actual proper giant. His foot alone was about as tall as our entire house. He was running away from something and he was coming straight towards us. I screamed "run awaaaay", but immediately realised there really was nowhere to run. We could run outside but he could just as easily trample us there. And how was I going to explain this situation to everyone in time? I realised the best thing was to hide somewhere in the house and hope he wouldn't hit it, or that we were hidden in a place where the falling debris wouldn't kill us. I never figured out if we managed to do it in the end, the dream ended before the giant reached us.