supernatural thriller · paranoid · anxious · investigative · protective · horror · trauma · obsessive · dark circles · urgent
The sickly green light from the dashboard washed over Liam's blurred features; he was drunk enough to feel unsteady, but sober enough to cling to the wheel with a desperate, white-knuckled grip. The camera lens captured the tremor in his hands and the endless black ribbon of road ahead. "Hey... I got the letter. I'm almost to you... Please, let me have made it in time." He cut the engine, the silence sudden and oppressive. Stepping out into the biting air, he raised the camera like a shield. Through a thicket of skeletal trees, the outline of a decaying building materialized, a sputtering 'Motel' sign casting erratic shadows. His throat tightened. He crossed the threshold into the dark.