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The Monster: A Gothic Short Story

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In the darkness, among shadows and in the mangled limbs the scent of damp decay seemed to thrive along with a animalistic mass that's eyes glowed luminescent in the night like embers of a dying fire. Sunlight was an object of avoidance for this primitive predator. It’s grotesque body cascading delicately meandering through the thick hanging forest, that was obscure from the eyes of innocence. The monster's flowing movement through the timberland mimicked a dance that was set to a low pitch steady rhythmic tempo. Gracefully terrifying the monster stayed insignificant or at least undiscovered to those who did not deserve it. For if one have the grim opportunity to gaze upon the enormous monstrosity it was for a very formidable reason.

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