Reality-?-

Drowsily I stretched and attempted to roll over.  My left side seemed to be one long continuous pain.  Startled, I opened my eyes.  Darkness.  Darkness that enveloped me.  Darkness that penetrated into my mind.  My right hand reached out – reached out toward…nothing.  Beneath me was sand.  I sensed strangeness and feared to cry out.  My mind refused me a clue.  Where am I?  Can this be a dream from which I shall soon be released?  The stiffness…the pain…the darkness…seem so real.  Could I have...