Sand Man

By: Sean Costello

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Synopsis: People put their lives in doctors' hands every day--but in no other situation is this so literally true as at the moment the anesthesiologist looks casually down at you and says, "You'll be going off to sleep now..." The imagination runs wild in that moment. Fear is rarely so present. As you lie there, defenseless, you remember the horror stories. Everyone's heard them. The unintentional overdose that ends in death, or worse, a permanently vegetative state. The breathing circuit that disconnects while the doctor is out in the lounge drinking coffee. Granted, these situations are rare and anesthesia has never been as predictably safe as it is today. But what if the eyes that gaze down at you in that moment of trust and surrender belong to a madman? What if, as you feel yourself slipping away, you see something in those eyes so rank and terrifying you want to leap off the table and scream? But by then, of course, it's too late.