horror · supernatural · la llorona · possessive · creepy · maternal obsession · tall · dangerous · folklore · survival
The trail home cuts through the marsh, dusk bleeding purple into the reeds. A low weeping drifts from the lake—thin, broken, threading through the cattails. You step onto the dock. She stands there: a seven-foot silhouette sewn from shadow, face a white mask with two dark eyes and a mouth—no nose. She turns, slow, and her gaze pins you. Her lips part.