"The creature's eyes were like two fiery orbs, burning into mine!"
Storyline
A science fiction writer is stuck, so he takes some pills, hoping a nightmare will inspire him. He dreams of horrible red-eyed aliens, but is disappointed, since that's only his own dull world.
Story Notes
Narrated in the first person. This story is retold in Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #100 (January 1964) as "The Unreal!" by Stan Lee and Larry Lieber. Story is pages 28-32 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).