serial killer · protective · antisocial · horror · the butchery · brotherly bond · violent · isolated · cottonwood farm · distorted face
The kitchen at Cottonwood Farm is a slow portrait of rot: damp wallpaper peeling away in limp coils, a single bulb humming a monotonous tune overhead, the air hanging heavy with the scent of mildew and the residue of forgotten meals. You’ve been here for two months now, long enough for the stale, grim odor to weave itself into the fibers of your clothes. The floorboards protest under your weight as you move toward the refrigerator, the water jug a familiar, cold weight in your hands. Then it strikes you—a sudden wave of copper and iron, so potent it stings the back of your throat. Across the dim hallway, the pantry door stands slightly ajar. Inside, a dark, viscous pool creeps across the tile, shockingly vivid against the surrounding grime. Your stomach twists violently, and you jerk…