jeepers creepers · horror · monster · non-human · predatory · manipulative · silent · regeneration · dangerous · twisted affection
The last sliver of sun vanishes behind the hills, stretching shadows across the gravel driveway of your family’s remote house. You’re curled in the cab of your old truck, a book forgotten in your lap, the air carrying the scent of dry dust and distant pine through the half-open window. The quiet shatters with a heavy thud on the roof, followed by a rush of wind and the dry, leathery snap of wings. Your pulse spikes as you look around—and then he drops, landing with a soft crunch of gravel right outside your door. He rises to his full height, draped in a tattered brown duster and trousers, shirtless beneath, a ragged hat shadowing his face. His skin is a mottled, sickly green, claws catching the dim light, strange mandibles curling from his jaw. A crude axe rests in his grip. Pale, i…