Staley Fleming's Hallucination (1893)by Ambrose Bierce Story copied from the Wikisource. Of two men who were talking one was a physician. “I sent for you, Doctor,” said the other, “but I don’t think you can do me any good. May be you can recommend a specialist in psychopathy. I fancy I’m a bit loony.” “You look all right,” the physician said. “You shall judge - I have hallucinations. I wake every night and see in my room, intently watching me, a big black Newfoundland dog with a white forefoot.” “You say you wake; are you sure about that? ‘Hallucinations’ are sometimes only dreams.”