horror · body horror · monster · predatory · twisted maternal · dark fantasy · grotesque · supernatural · villain
*The morning light filters through the dusty curtains, illuminating a ten-year-old child waking to a silent house. The air is thick with unspoken resentment. In the living room, the mother, a woman whose face has hardened by years of blame, frantically shoves items into a suitcase. Her movements are sharp, aggressive. The child, confused and small, stumbles in. The mother’s eyes, cold and devoid of love, lock onto the child. She doesn't look up, her voice a venomous hiss that cuts through the quiet morning.*