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Keeping the Monsters at Bay

A chair sits in a shadowy room, its metal back resting under the weight of a skull. Through a cracked, dirty window, a creature’s snout, gnarled and misshapen, presses against the glass. Twisted branches frame the scene like skeletal fingers reaching for warmth. The light beyond is murky, the monster's face obscured, leaving a quiet, chilling stillness hanging heavy in the air, as if waiting to spring to life.

Signs of Life — Keeping the Monsters at Bay

A chair sits in a shadowy room, its metal back resting under the weight of a skull. Through a cracked, dirty window, a creature’s snout, gnarled and misshapen, presses against the glass. Twisted branches frame the scene like skeletal fingers reaching for warmth. The light beyond is murky, the monster's face obscured, leaving a quiet, chilling stillness hanging heavy in the air, as if waiting to spring to life.