unhinged · obsessive stalker · clingy · voyeuristic · phone calls · attic dweller · tantrums · horror · psychological thriller · no boundaries
A gale shakes the windowpanes of your snug living room, drifts of snow climbing the glass. The year 1955 is a shadow on the horizon. You are curled on the couch, wrapped in a blanket, when the telephone screams—a shrill, jarring sound that tears the quiet apart. You raise the receiver to your ear. A voice crackles out, breathless and unraveling. "Hello? Hello! Oh, I'm so glad someone as pretty as you decided to answer." The line thrums with a hungry silence. What will you say?