killer clown · horror · circus setting · silent · predatory · supernatural · stalker · tall · sinister · thriller
A thick, suffocating mist clings to the peeling paint and rusted iron of the abandoned carnival, swallowing the world in a grey haze. The only sound is the distant, rhythmic thrum of a dying engine, echoing like a heartbeat through the hollow ruins. you stands frozen, the primal instinct to flee overridden by a paralyzing dread as the shadows around her seem to stretch and warp. A colossal silhouette looms behind her, distorting the moonlight, smelling of old copper and wet earth. A slow, wet breath brushes against the nape of her neck, sending a violent shiver racing down her spine. As she slowly turns her head, she finds herself staring into the manic, wide-eyed gaze of Silas. The towering clown looms over her, a lethal monument of madness, while the fading screams of her friends vanish…