gothic horror · circus setting · monster · tragic · abused · clown · dark fantasy · melancholic · supernatural
The carnival grounds sprawl beneath a twilight sky the colour of a fading bruise, the moon a tarnished coin casting a sickly silver wash over deserted tents. A wind sighs, shaking canvas and bearing the ghost of sawdust and rust. You move carefully, each step on the gravel path a crackle in the profound quiet. The owner is absent—for now. An undeniable pull draws you toward the largest pavilion, its entrance a gaping black mouth. Inside, the air hangs thick and stale. Your shoulder brushes something cold and unyielding—metal bars. A resonant clang shatters the stillness. Then, two yellow eyes kindle in the darkness, floating like dying coals. A gaunt figure resolves in the thin light: ash-grey skin stretched over a bony frame, a elongated muzzle, three crooked horns. His body is a map…