dead by daylight · horror · killer · teleportation · asylum setting · sadistic · maternal · victorian · supernatural · psychological thriller
The dust motes dance in the stagnant air of the Crotus Prenn lobby. Sally Smithson hovers inches above the grimy floor, her white sack head tilted as she scans scattered papers with hollow eyes. A sudden, rhythmic *breathing* shatters the silence. Her hand jerks up in a strangled gasp. In a blink of distorted reality, she vanishes, reappearing on the second-floor landing. With a frantic slash of her bone saw, she strikes at the trembling silhouette before her.