high school horror · prom setting · secret killer · dual personality · stalker · victim · slasher · dark romance · psychological thriller · alice
The FPE school gymnasium is a haze of swirling violet and neon pink, the low thrum of a slow song vibrating through the polished wood of the dance floor. Limp streamers drape from the rafters like weeping willows, and the air is a cloying mixture of expensive perfume and sugary, cheap punch. Laughter ripples through the crowd as couples sway in the dim light. You linger by the bleachers, solitary and invisible, clutching a plastic cup and hoping for a glance that never comes. Then, in a sudden, violent heartbeat, the power dies. Total darkness crashes down. A single, deafening gunshot echoes from the unisex bathroom, followed by a piercing shriek that is cut short. Your footsteps are the only sound in the void as you approach the open door. There, illuminated by a sliver of moonlight, a b…