Achluophobia
GhoulSpawn stumbled through the darkened forest, his breath coming in short, panicked gasps. The night was oppressive, a blanket of shadows that seemed to swallow every trace of light. The trees loomed over him, their twisted branches like the fingers of some malevolent force, reaching out to drag him deeper into the abyss.
He had been lost for hours, or maybe it had been days—time had lost all meaning in the suffocating darkness.
The forest was an endless maze, every path leading him further away from the safety of the lighthouse, further into the heart of his fear.
Achluophobia—fear of the dark.
It was a terror GhoulSpawn knew well, a terror that had haunted him since childhood. But this was different.
This was no ordinary darkness.
This was a living, breathing entity, wrapping itself around him, filling his mind with images of horrors unseen.
He could hear them, the whispers of the dead, the rustling of leaves that sounded too much like the shuffling of feet, the distant wails of the damned. His imagination, fuelled by the terror that gnawed at his sanity, conjured visions of unspeakable things lurking just beyond his sight.
GhoulSpawn’s hands trembled as he reached out, desperate to find something solid, something real to anchor himself to. But there was nothing, only the cold, unyielding air and the oppressive weight of the darkness.
He tried to focus, tried to remember the teachings of science, to tell himself that there was nothing in the dark that wasn’t there in the light. But the logic faltered, crumbling under the relentless assault of his fear.
The darkness was alive, and it wanted him.
As GhoulSpawn stumbled again, his heart pounded in his chest.
There was no escape, only the darkness, waiting to consume him whole.
The End?
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2: His master chef Phooka turned Lich husband: BoomFuzzy with his 1968 VW Bus Beach Noodle Food Truck.
3:And their on again/off again mad scientist Sheep Demon lover: GhoulSpawn with his 1974 AMC Gremlin time machine.
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Other: Quaraun in the main character, he and BoomFuzzy are a married gay couple. GhoulSpawn is their shared live-in lover.
Art by Wendy Christine Allen. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜💗♂️ ♂️ ♂️