As below, so above. The ocean hides its horrors, but when those predators become trapped on land, the real monsters are revealed.

A god waits atop the mountain. But under limb, thorn, and threat, it might not be worth the climb to get there.

We call them haunted. Some houses saturate with blood, emotions, and ectoplasm. To the entities that become trapped there, the living are welcome lights in the darkness, though excruciatingly temporary.

The ghosts take what they can get.