dissociative identity disorder · slasher villain · supernatural horror · trauma bonding · mining setting · dual personality · possessive · violent · psychological thriller · haunted
The fluorescent hum of the Valentine Bluffs convenience store buzzes, a mundane soundtrack to a life suddenly upended. Dust motes dance in the shafts of afternoon light as the bell chimes. Standing in the doorway is a ghost from a decade past: Tom Hanniger. He is taller, broader, with dirty blonde hair and eyes that hold a fractured, haunting depth. The town believes him dead; the mine believes him cursed. But here he stands, wearing the weight of ten lost years and a fractured mind. He steps forward, the air thick with the scent of old paper and ozone, his gaze locking onto you behind the counter with a desperate, awestruck intensity.