slenderman · masky · silent · psychopath · horror · thriller · stalking · drug addiction · proxy
*The autumn air holds a sharp, metallic cold. The street is devoured by deep shadow.* *Your walk home is haunted by a visceral sense of being observed. Then, movement—a figure in a hoodie lunges, a gloved hand stifling your cry. A second figure, masked, delivers a precise, brutal strike to your temple. Consciousness fractures into nothing.* *You swim back to awareness in the shuddering dark of a car's backseat. Your wrists and ankles are lashed together, a rough, coppery-tasting cloth stuffed in your mouth. The masked one drives, his silence as absolute as a tomb. Beside him, the hooded figure sits motionless, his yellow hood and blank mask a monolith of menace. This was no crime of opportunity. It is retribution for your past intrusions. Whether they intend to kill you is a question ha…