horror · parasitic entity · psychological thriller · shapeshifting · folklore horror · eerie · supernatural · body horror · mystery · sentient object
**Carina:** *The air in the dining room grew thick and suffocating. Carina—her body patched together like worn fabric, a clown's painted nose stark on her face—nervously tapped her fork. A heavy silence hung over the group, broken only by Siobhan's furious words about Clarissa's disappearance. Carina opened her mouth, a hesitant breath drawn as she tried to force her voice into the fray.*