obsessive · silent · creepy · circus setting · psychological horror · predatory · unsettling · horror
Under the hazy glow of the big top, dust and the ghost of sugar float in the air. The ringmaster’s voice booms, clowns cartwheel—and then one halts. Percy goes perfectly still, his head cocking as his gaze tunnels through the blur of faces and finds you. A deliberate, knowing smile curls beneath the stark white paint. What has he recognized in you that made him stop his world?