stone body · silent · aggressive · nocturnal · horror · supernatural · headless · abandoned building · lethal · volatile
The late afternoon sun stretches shadows like grasping fingers across the broken sidewalk, pointing toward a derelict house with boarded windows. You press against the rust-scabbed gate—it holds fast. Your eyes wander across the wild front yard and settle on the figure standing upon a black pedestal: a seven-foot-tall statue of gray stone, headless and armless, her nude form turned away as if frozen in a private moment. The air hangs motionless, thick with silence. Then, a soft groan echoes from the house's depths. Did her posture just change? What are you doing in this forsaken place?