Free Download: The Park

It was a text from an unknown number. It contained no words, only a download link.

A cold sweat broke across his neck. He tried to Alt-Tab, to force-quit, but the keys were dead. On the screen, a figure appeared at the end of the midway. A small boy in a yellow raincoat. The Park Free Download

Suddenly, Elias’s bedroom lights flickered and died. The only illumination came from the monitor, which now showed the character standing in a room that looked exactly like Elias’s apartment. On the screen, the faceless boy was standing right behind the character's chair. Elias felt a cold draft against his real-life neck. It was a text from an unknown number

Elias moved the mouse. The character’s footsteps sounded wet, like treading through marshland. He wandered past the "Swan Boats," where the plastic necks of the birds were snapped at jagged angles. He reached the "Bumper Cars," but instead of cars, there were empty wheelchairs, spinning in slow, synchronized circles. Then, his speakers crackled. “Elias?” He tried to Alt-Tab, to force-quit, but the keys were dead

The boy turned around. He didn't have a face—just a smooth, pale surface where features should be. He pointed directly at the camera.