Monster Monster, Come This Way

This was created for the "Good Night Demon Slayer" for the group. Per the challenge, it is inspired by ~B-R-Benton's short story "Goodnight Demon Slayer." Thanks, ~B-R-Benton, for the cool imagery this story creates!

Goodnight Demon Slayer There's a monster beneath my bed.  There's one in the closet as well.  Every night they come out to scare me.  Every night it's a different monster.  They don't know.  They don't know that I am The Slayer.  The monsters that come to my room are not an accident.  I lure them in with my sweet innocent behavior.  They hide behind my door and under my bed until the night is deep and dark.  This is when they strike, but I know them far too well.  My blade is quicker, my eyes better adjusted; keener is my gaze as the howl of the demons I slay pierces

In this deviation, I used the following wonderful stock:

by ~stockmichelle

by *Dracoart-Stock

by ~MidnightDirge-stock

by ~BreedStock

by ~doko-stock

I edited the manipulation using GIMP. I know it is still kind of rough, but for the moment, I am at the place where I just need to step away from it for awhile.

EDIT: I cropped the image a little because the composition was driving me crazy. Also, I added more dark sparkles and light sparkles to kind of get that whole battle of good and evil thing going better, and to further improve the composition and blending. Still not satisfied, but I hope y'all still like it, and maybe even like it better!

2nd Place Beginner