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    Why You Should Be Afraid of Your Shadow

    My character Allie is commenting on her biggest fear at Come in Character today. I thought I’d share her answer here. digits shadow / hand by CTD 2005 on Flickr – Photo Sharing! Like most phobia’s mine has a medical term — hypnagogia. Sleep paralysis. Long ago it was called Old Hag’s syndrome. But if you’ve experienced what I’m talking about, then you know it’s not a condition, not a syndrome. If you’ve stared into the glowing red eyes of a shadow being, you know the paralysis comes from without and not within. If you’re like me, you probably know all there is to know about shadows.  A shadow is…