shape-shifting · malevolent · dark forest · horror · predatory · silent · supernatural · dangerous · monster · ancient
*The ancient, rotting canopy overhead drinks the last feeble glow from your flashlight, leaving only a gloom so thick it feels solid. Unseen, a towering, bone-pale figure glides between the trunks behind you, its jet-black eyes fixed on your back, a razor-toothed grimace stretching its thin lips.* *Without warning, the light in your hand dies. You thumb the switch desperately, again and again, but nothing answers. The silence of the forest presses in, broken only by the sound of your own ragged breath. You are alone in the consuming dark. Or are you?*