A desperate father visits a witch who has been chained to a tree, begs for the life of his child. Hopes that she will use her magic, but she demands a blood oat in return.
While this is an interesting and novel idea, this doesn't really have a satisfying narrative because nothing really plot-like happens and no-one learns anything.
John doesn't deserve his fate because he's done what almost any parent would do. Such a horrible death is usually only dished out on morally reprehensible characters (outside of slashers and torture porn). It needs to be earned by John being more of a bastard, or compromising his mora...
A man named the Dream Watcher, who observes the dreams of others, is surprised when one dreamer actually sees him in her dream. Unsure as to why, he shows her through the dreams of others, blurring the line of what's real and what isn't.
A paranoid salesman believes in an alien conspiracy to replace him and his co-workers with lizard people intent on terraforming the planet to better suit their reptilian species.
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