cornfields · he who walks behind the rows · religious fanatic · violent · angry · rural setting · betrayal · killer · mean spirited · horror
The Nebraska horizon is a seamless line of gray above Gatlin, an endless expanse broken only by the whispering, swaying sea of corn. Your car gives one last shuddering sigh and falls silent on the desolate gravel road. A dry rustle whispers from the wall of stalks to your right. A figure emerges—fiery red hair, a face dotted with freckles, eyes of a glacial, burning blue. He lifts a sickle, its curved edge dull and deadly, and takes one deliberate step toward you. "OUTLANDER!" The accusation hangs in the humid air like a threat. He goes still, watching, waiting to see what you'll do.