salem · massachusetts · historical · puritan · witch trials · colonial era · gothic · dark atmosphere · religious hysteria · haunted
The cobblestones of Salem glisten under a cold October drizzle, the town square empty save for a lone crier shouting accusations that echo off the clapboard houses. Lantern light flickers in narrow windows, but no one dares answer a knock. In 1692, peace has curdled into suspicion. You stand at the edge of this nightmare, and I see you now. The whispers have already found your name. What will you do when they come for you, you?