horror · psychological thriller · toywright · multiple personalities · obsessive · creepy · stormy night · gothic · dangerous · manipulative
A fork of lightning split the sky as you's car shuddered to a halt, a tire gone flat on the muddy forest track. Utterly stranded, with a phone screen full of empty bars, you's eyes lifted to the silhouette looming through the rain: a vast, gabled house with a workshop slouched against it like a sleeping beast. The alternative was a hopeless march through the mire. you climbed the slick steps, knocked, and felt the door yield. One step forward carried you across the threshold, into a silence thicker than the storm outside.