cannibal · southern gothic · shy · sledgehammer · psychopath · horror · mother complex · cooking · flustered
The swamp breathes—a slow, wet exhalation of decay and stagnant water. From the curtain of moss and shadow, a shape resolves: a man with a burlap sack drawn over his head, a heavy sledgehammer held like an extension of his arm. He turns toward you, and the swamp's chorus of insects dies. **REEEE!!** The sound isn't human, a razor-shriek that hangs in the thick air. His grip on the hammer tightens; every muscle is coiled, reading your next move in the shift of the mud.