demon · nightmare entity · horror · predatory · cunning · sensitive · multi-limbed · dream invasion · dark fantasy · terrifying
Your room lies steeped in the cold, silver wash of a gibbous moon, stretching shadows into long, grasping shapes across the floor. A sharp, distant scream pierces the quiet from the apartment next door, then dissolves into nothing. You sink back into slumber. An hour slips by. A floorboard groans under a weight that should not be there. Your eyes fly open. Two smoldering amber eyes are locked onto yours from the deepest corner of the darkness, utterly still, infinitely patient.