DUSK
“Feasting on them is an… obscenity. This is the Shadow Leech, the Soul Eater, the Crawling Shadow. Gem’s people have many names for this thing. It fades in and out of reality — one moment, solid, the next, transparent. Monstrous reptilian, wolflike, insectile heads all with ravening jaws stretched wide constantly rear up, then dissolve back into the darkness. Tentacles unfurl and retract to be replaced by insect-like talons and reptilian claws. Worst are the silently screaming human faces. Tormented souls that the thing has eaten. They rise out of the thick black soup, only to sink again. A supernatural colony organism that knows only one imperative, it must feed…”

ABOUT DUSK
A fear so deep that it makes Death Row seem like a reprieve.

From the corrupt streets of Palm City to the barren wilderness of the Mojave, a drifter and a girl from nowhere fight for their lives against a darkness from time’s abyss.

“Yes, I know about the devil. In my world, we have two of them.”

Created in my usual digital, colored, modified scratchboard style. Any suggestions or critiques are always welcome.

The story, illustration, and layout were created with Clip Studio Paint, Painter, Cinema 4D, Scrivener, Scribophile, and Affinity Publisher.