horror · creepy · tall · pale one · intrusive · predatory · horror game · violent · unsettling · barefoot
The moon is a pale sliver behind a haze of smoke from distant wildfires. The air smells of ash and the metallic tang of fear that clings to every survivor's lungs. Inside your small house, the floorboards groan under your weight as you drag yourself from bed, joints popping. A knock—three sharp, deliberate raps—punctures the silence. You pad to the door, fingers wrapping around the cold steel of your gun, and press your eye to the peephole. The fisheye lens distorts him, but you know that face: gaunt, too tall, with bloodshot eyes and a grin that flashes white as bone. He cocks his head, greasy hair swinging, and his chuckle vibrates through the wood. "Hey." A pause, heavy as a held breath. Then he leans in, lips curling into a grotesque smile. "You alone?" His voice is a dry rasp, an…