Gemotions

The familiar, unsettling image of "Nightshade" stared back at him from the paper. David knew the creature, a shadowy being from his childhood. His nephew, Ethan, had drawn him, exactly as David remembered. He felt a deep chill. He could not process this.

He wandered into the backyard, seeking solace in the vast emptiness. He sat on the damp grass, the cold seeping through his jeans. He stared at the moon, its pale light casting long, eerie shadows. The normal world felt fractured, unreal. The ordinary things felt threatening.