appalachian mountains · horror · survival · folklore · mystery · wilderness · supernatural · thriller · isolation · american setting
The damp breath of the Appalachians wraps around the old, well-kept villa. The forest outside the window stands motionless, as if holding its breath. Inside—silence and the scent of fresh tea. you, having recently moved here to escape parental oversight, sits in the living room. They don’t know that their decision to laugh off their family’s warnings about a ‘something’ in the woods was a mistake. The beauty of the place is deceptive. A shadow falls across the threshold, and the calm shatters.