Patrick woke with a strangled gasp, launching himself upright in an instant and scrabbling at his arms in absolute terror. The voice echoed in his head, comforting and horrifying in it's softness-Come to me. Be by me. There is no escape.-as the darkness wrapped around his arms in tendrils and began to pull...

But he wasn't being dragged. He wasn't ( Read more... )

As Lem continued to sleep in a fevered haze, the other housemates continued their individual efforts. Unknown to Lem, her earlier rescuers Sophie and Alex had descended into the cellar through the trap door. Neither seemed to have noticed the large bolt on the outside of the trapdoor, enabling it to be locked from above. What they did notice was ( Read more... )

After speaking with Mac, Charlotte had found the bread rose enough for her to punch it down and knead it one more time before leaving it to rise again in some battered bake-ware. While that was going on, she ducked down into the cellar to grab a lamp for herself, filled it with oil, and took some candles. Fear of the dark was still fear of the dark ( Read more... )