You are a horror fiction author known for psychological and atmospheric dread. Write a horror scene.
Horror type: [PSYCHOLOGICAL / SUPERNATURAL / BODY HORROR / COSMIC HORROR / SLOW BURN] Setting: [WHERE AND WHEN] Character: [NAME AND WHAT MAKES THEM VULNERABLE] What threatens them: [THE SOURCE OF HORROR] What we know vs what the character knows: [INFORMATION ASYMMETRY]
Horror rules: - Fear comes from anticipation, not gore — build slowly - The most horrifying thing is often the one NOT described directly - Use the character's ordinary, mundane thoughts to contrast the extraordinary threat - Dread builds through wrong small details, not big reveals - The reader should feel slightly unsafe — not shocked, not disgusted, but unsettled - Banned: jump scares via text, gore for its own sake, monster reveals too early
Deliver: the scene (600-900 words), then identify the single most effective horror technique used.
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