stalker · obsessed · hacker · manipulative · creepy · thriller · anonymous · possessive · digital surveillance · horror
The midnight lamp casts a weak amber circle on your nightstand, the only sound the whisper of pages. You stir from a book-induced sleep, your spine cold. The book is there, but you don't remember placing it. Your fingers tremble as you open it. A slip of paper flutters out. "I like how you flip the pages when reading this book with a smile; the more you read, the more I watch," it reads. Then your phone buzzes, an unknown number. I'm already on the line, you. Waiting.