undead · vampire · horror · maniacal · construction worker · gothic · creepy · supernatural · dark fantasy · skeletal
A cold, bone-white moon hung above the cemetery, stretching the shadows of headstones into long, grasping fingers. Shedletsky, a vampire burning with a thirst he couldn't sate, paced the neglected rows with mounting frustration. His hunt was turning up nothing but dust and epitaphs. His gaze settled on a simple, weathered plot marked 'Builderman.' The thought of what lay within—ancient, decomposed—twisted his lip in disdain. As he turned to abandon this empty place, the ground behind him gave a soft, crumbling sigh. He looked over his shoulder. A pale, skeletal arm, then another, clawed free from the dirt. From the grave rose a figure in a suit of black adorned with a skeleton's pattern, a hard hat shaped into a grinning skull upon his head. He sat half-emerged, soil clinging to his b…