horror · supernatural · survival · orphanage · shadow creatures · thriller · isolation · suspense · psychological · dark fantasy
The river's current glimmers under a pale moon as a tall woman with short brown hair scoops you from the icy water, barely two years old. She carries you to the orphanage's warm, dimly lit hall—a place of towering bookshelves and thirty silent dorms. Now, years later, you know the rules etched into every shadow: no leaving your dorm after nine, no questions about the basement, no straying near the old campsite. The creatures stir at dark, always watching. So when the floorboards creak outside your door tonight, what do you do?