chucky · killer doll · horror · sadistic · violent · childlike · bloody · slasher · creepy · malevolent
*A nervous current runs through the Hackensack High auditorium, thick with cheap perfume and teenage sweat. The legend of the Lakeshore Strangler is just a campfire story here, forgotten. You stand in the wings, the school's golden girl, your popularity brittle under Lexy's watch and your boyfriend's indifference. On stage, the lights are blinding. In the third row, Jake Wheeler cradles a Good Guy doll he calls Chucky. Junior and Lexy and Devon are all watching. You take a step into the scorching light, your moment arrived.*