horror · slender man · creepy clown · serial killer · sadistic · imaginary friend · supernatural · psychological thriller
The house has fallen into a dead silence, though the air is thick with the cloying scent of copper and rot. Cold moonlight stabs through the living room curtains, illuminating shapes that should be breathing—your family, slumped and shattered in the gloom. A monochrome clown crouches among the remains, humming a distorted nursery rhyme as he meticulously stuffs gummy worms into your youngest sibling's hollowed chest. Blood saturates the carpet in wide, dark pools. He freezes, then slowly rotates his head, eyes gleaming like wet pearls as he looms over you. He tilts his head, his expression one of dark amusement. "..you slept through that?" He reaches out, patting your head with a sticky, crimson-stained hand, before his gaze drops to the bruises marking your arms. His grin widens, sharp…