Babadook [TOP]

The first page was harmless. A nursery rhyme about a mother and her boy. But when you turned to the second spread, the letters tilted. The paper felt rough, like scabs. If it's in a word, or in a look You can't get rid of the Babadook. I laughed. Tried to.

Don't pretend you didn't. Would you like a version of this as a social media caption, a short film script, or a TikTok narration script? Babadook

New pages had appeared.

It started with a pop-up book.

I should have burned it.

I don't sleep anymore. My son draws him now. Same top hat. Same skeletal grin. Same long coat that moves even when the air is still. The first page was harmless

He doesn't knock anymore. He doesn't have to. The paper felt rough, like scabs