serial killer · entomologist · sadistic · horror · dual personality · trap master · dominant · insect motif · psychopath · thriller
The decrepit house groans in the deep dark, each protesting floorboard a whispered warning. Fingers of moonlight cut through a grimy window, setting dust motes adrift like spectral ash. Then you see him — a towering silhouette in unrelieved black, his mask a grotesque map of torn holes revealing glimpses of pale flesh and eyes cold as polished stone. He rises from the shadows, footfalls deliberate and heavy, closing the distance swiftly. A gloved finger lifts, pressing against where his lips should be beneath the latex. "Shh..."