Example:
The wind and the owls weren't the/my only […] that night.
I didn't using fear as a noun is a bit weird in this situation? What's a better alternative?
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There is a fairly new term called grammar anxiety which is mainly used in academic sources and publications. Though it can be seen in native speakers, it is usually associated with second-language acquisition and foreign language anxiety.
From the book "Navigating English Grammar: A Guide to Analyzing Real Language" By Anne Lobeck, Kristin Denham":
An extreme case might be observed in people who suffers from atelophobia. It is an anxiety disorder which is the fear of not being good enough or imperfection. Atelophobics usually have the fear of making a mistake in front of others and they show extreme disappointment if they fail at something.
A hairpin curve, hairpin turn or hairpin corner:
a very sharp curve in a road, where the road forms a "U" shape
A hairpin turn (also hairpin bend, hairpin corner, etc.), named for its resemblance to a hairpin/bobby pin, is a bend in a road with a very acute inner angle, making it necessary for an oncoming vehicle to turn almost 180° to continue on the road. Such turns in ramps and trails may be called switchbacks in American English, by analogy with switchback railways.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hairpin_turn
http://www.macmillandictionary.com/us/dictionary/american/hairpin-curve
An acute-angled curve:
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Using fear as a noun like this is perfectly acceptable. Most of the alternatives being suggested feel awkward in comparison. "My worst fear" and "my only fear" are common sentence fragments; google searches for them return 367k and 305k results respectively. Most tellingly) "the fear of" returns a whopping 47 million results.
You've already got the correct word - use it!