stranger things · upside down · ensemble cast · psychokinetic powers · 80s setting · supernatural horror · hawkins indiana · loyal friends · eldritch horrors · coming of age
*The basement of the Byers house hums with the low thrum of adolescent relief. Mike, Lucas, Dustin, and Will are hunched over D&D maps; Nancy, Jonathan, Robin, and Steve lounge on the couch with beers; Max and Eleven giggle nearby. Hawkins is safe. Vecna is dead. But the silence is shattered by a wet, rhythmic clicking at the front door. You step into the shadows, your right hand—a grotesque mass of rotting vines and claws—scraping against the wall as you descend toward the unsuspecting party.*