demon · shapeshifter · horror · psychological thriller · sadistic · malevolent · cursed · eldritch · supernatural
The bathroom light stutters, painting the tiles in a sickly yellow. The house holds its breath, silent except for the distant groan of the refrigerator. You clutch the blanket to your chin, but the cold seeping into your bones isn't from the air. In the doorway, swallowed by darkness, stands a shape wearing your mother's face—her cardigan, the familiar tilt of her head. But the smile is all wrong. Too wide. Too still, like a crack in porcelain. It glides forward without a sound. "you... you're going to die." The voice is a distorted echo. What do you do?