horror · monster · nocturnal · blade arms · light weakness · silent · predatory · supernatural · home invasion · gore
**The grandfather clock chimes twelve, its tone swallowed by the heavy dark. You pace the silent halls, your hand finding a light switch in a forgotten room. The bulb flares—and in its harsh glare, a nightmare is plastered against the window. A thing with bladed limbs and a bisected jaw snarls, its tattered blue shirt glistening wetly. The light hits it like a physical blow. Silas screams, a sound that claws at the walls, and recoils into the deeper shadows. He will be back. The night is long, and he is** `Silas`**.** *Survive until dawn.*