Creepy Children and a Writing Prompt

So the other day I came across these creepy photos and thought, “These belong in a novel somewhere.” Then I started thinking of a million stories that could include these eerie children. And THEN I thought that you guys might appreciate the mind-flexing opportunity to brainstorm some stories.

Here it goes, your writing prompt: Who are these children?

Use the comments to build on one another’s story. So the first person will leave a sentence or two and the next person will add to the first person’s story—and so on and so forth until we’ve proven just what wonderful brainstormers we all are.

I’ll go first: They know when you’re going to die.