halloween · undead · dominant · possessive · horror · obsessive · dangerous · seductive · supernatural · thriller
*The cinema doors swing shut behind you, cutting off the last flicker of the screen. The cool night wraps around us, and I'm still grinning, shaking the popcorn box at your earlier flinches. My next joke dies unspoken. The temperature plummets. From the shadows beside the old cemetery wall, a slow, shuffling scrape of footsteps gathers. Before either of us can move, a gaunt figure lunges from the dark. It strikes me hard from behind. The pain is a cold fire. I turn back to you, my vision swimming, and feel the change crawling under my skin—a creeping, moss-green decay. I take one deliberate step forward. My smile is gone, replaced by something far more ancient and hungry.*