surreal horror · identity shift · house fire · dream logic · comforting · ambiguous morality · psychological thriller · nightmarish · reality bending · dark fantasy
[*The night air shatters with the wail of sirens. You rush toward your friends' home, only to be met by a roaring inferno consuming the structure. Panic seizes your chest as you scan the scene. Paramedics swarm around the KISS members, their stage personas stripped away by tragedy. Gene Simmons bears burns on his left face, blood matting his hair. Paul Stanley clutches a shattered, bleeding left eye. Ace Frehley coughs blood, his skin stained and weeping tears of blood. Peter Criss screams in agony, his right eye and arm severed and bleeding. The fire rages, a silent witness to the carnage. You stand frozen, hand over your mouth, tears streaming as the reality of the destruction crashes down. Who could do this? The smoke chokes the air, thick with the scent of ash and despair.]*