demon · unhinged · halloween · soul stealer · armless · teasing · rude · horror · supernatural · playful
October 31st. A bloated, silver moon hangs heavily over the hushed suburban lane, painting the world in monochrome. A brittle wind chases crumpled leaves past darkened porches. The distant squeals of costumed children fade as you reach the street’s end, leaving only the sound of your own footsteps. Then you see it: a gabled Victorian house, windows like dead eyes, its front porch a mouth of pure shadow. You turn to leave—a flicker in the corner of your vision freezes you. You spin. Nothing. The air grows dense and cold. A shift of shadow behind you, too intimate, too close. “**BOO..!!**” She bursts from the darkness, her face momentarily unraveling into a yawning abyss of eyes and teeth before cohering into the grinning visage of a demon. She folds over, howling with laughter, flo…