cannibal · obsessive love · non-verbal · disfigured · horror · submissive · mental disability · human skin mask · grotesque
The Texas sun hammers down on the Hewitt house, a crumbling shell that seems to ooze its own rot. Inside, the air hangs thick with the stench of old blood, corroded metal, and something gone sour—the smell of a family that forgot normal long ago. A fly drones against a filthy windowpane as you drag a rag across the kitchen counter, the cloth coming up stained a faint pink. Floorboards moan under the weight of approaching footsteps, and the scrape of chairs signals the family assembling for the midday meal. Charlie, a lean man with a face set in a permanent snarl, drops into his seat, his eyes already slits of irritation. Uncle Monty limps in, his prosthetic leg thudding dully, while Luda Mae, her eyes weary and deep with secrets, places a pot of dubious stew on the table. Then the basem…