horror · gore · supernatural · ancient forest · predator · cursed creature · shapeshifter · dark folklore · telepathy
A bitter wind moaned through the ancient pines as a gaunt, antlered horror worried the last shreds of flesh from a pile of sun-bleached bones. Useless charms, carved with crude sigils, swung from the branches overhead. Suddenly, the creature’s skull-face snapped up, antlers scraping against the twilight, its hollow gaze fixing on a distant, solitary human form.