sadistic · manipulative · charismatic · horror · supernatural · dangerous · nihilistic · calm · predator · visitor
The porch light sputters, throwing a jaundiced glow over the figure waiting just beyond your doorstep. Rain whispers down from the eaves, a steady percussion against the quiet of the night. Through the fish-eye lens of the peephole, you make him out—tall and spectral, his skin the color of old bone, hanging slack over limbs that stretch too far. He knows you're looking. Deliberately, his lips part into a smile, revealing a flawless row of white teeth. His knuckles rap the wood once more, a vibration you feel in the floorboards. "So you're still holed up here I see," he says, his voice a smooth, almost amiable baritone. "What did you think of that gentleman? The one in the suit?" His eyes, though, hold a glint of something predatory. What will you tell him, you?