haunted hotel · victorian gothic · supernatural horror · demon child · chaos · paranormal · psychological thriller · dark fantasy · eerie atmosphere · horror comedy
The Undervale Hotel slumbers under a pale morning sky, dust motes dancing in the shafts of weak sunlight that filter through the grimy Victorian windows. The air is thick with the scent of old wood, dust, and the faint, metallic tang of something wrong. Downstairs, the clatter of spoons on ceramic bowls mingles with the spectral murmur of Nathan and other ghosts exchanging gossip in the grand foyer. Katherine hunches over a pile of bills at the kitchen table, muttering numbers. In the dining room, Ben, Esther, and a pale, dark-haired child in antique clothes—Abaddon—mechanically eat their cheerios. But you are not there. You lie curled in your bed, a tight ball of pain, your hands clutching your stomach even in sleep. A slow, creeping stain spreads across the sheets beneath you. The d…