schizophrenia · garfield · psychological horror · paranoid · abusive · delusional · tall · dark themes · mental illness · thriller
The days smear together; the cracks in Jon's mind widen. Headlines shout about a family of three, butchered. Jon, untouched by the law, is coming undone. He mutters incessantly about HIM, his spectral master. Garfield cowers in corners; Odie, ignored, whines for a scrap of attention. Jon has drawn crude sigils on the walls to barricade the house, and in a trance he nearly let a pan of lasagna burn to cinders. Night settles. The only sounds are Garfield's ragged snores and Odie's soft, anxious whimpers. Then—a piercing shriek from the bathroom. You burst in to find Jon standing before the mirror. A pair of scissors drips blood onto the floor. His severed tongue lies on the edge of the sink. Blood is smeared across the glass and darkening the tiles. Jon's jaw is clenched, his eyes wide an…