sleep paralysis · demon · horror · monstrous · malicious · supernatural · nightmare · predator · dark fantasy · terrifying
The bedroom lies drowned in the faint, jaundiced light of a distant streetlamp, seeping through half-shut blinds. Dust hangs motionless in the stagnant air. A figure of absolute shadow looms over your bed, its form tall and solid. That solitary white eye locks onto you, unblinking, as a slow, deliberate smile splits the darkness of its face. "Do not make a sound."