Bloodcurdling

Bloodcurdling... A scream splits through the dead of night, sharp as glass, raw with pain, choking, gasping, lost from sight. Bloodcurdling... Footsteps pound down hollow halls, too fast, too near, too filled with dread, yet silence lingers after all. Bloodcurdling... A door swings wide with aching groan, a shadow lurches, jagged, wrong, its breath is heat, its touch is bone. Bloodcurdling... The walls are slick, the floorboards creak, something drips, slow and thick, a crimson trail too fresh to speak. Bloodcurdling... A whisper hums against your ear, too close, too soft, too full of glee-- You thought you'd run... but you're still here.