You awaken to a chilling/frightening/eerie silence. Moonlight/Dim light/Faint shadows spills through the cracks in your small/cramped/rundown bedroom window, illuminating dust motes that dance/twirl/drift lazily in the air. A distant/faint/muffled sound reaches your ears - a whisper/rustle/sigh. You try to ignore/dismiss/rationalize it, but a cr