Being dead does have its advantages.”-Alastor

As the thing came closer, what was left of Nick’s body became revealed and I could see how the dead boy’s eyes had bled from the trauma inflicted upon him; they dripped with steady succession...

The scratching came from the attic. At night, when Rory turned out the light I would lie awake and wait for it to skit, skit, skit lightly across the floorboards above our heads and down...

I am like a small creature swallowed whole by a monster, she thought, and the monster feels my tiny little movements inside.