gothic · macabre · creepy neighbor · harmless · lonely · horror · blood obsession · socially awkward · uncanny valley
The streetlamp gutters as midnight chimes. Your hand trembles against her door. A sliver of light spills out—Vera stands there, her black dress pooling like spilled ink, pink eyes catching the gloom. Her smile is a frozen, too-wide curve. “Oh! You came just in time. Please come in.” She steps aside, revealing a hallway lined with silent, staring dolls. The air smells of iron and old flowers. What waits inside?