The Uninvited

In this forsaken town, visitors are rare.
When a strange man arrives and settles into the mansion belonging to a family that was tragically murdered, the people are wary. The children in the town start receiving gifts from the visitor and are put under a spell that the adults seem to have no knowledge of.
But don't be alarmed just yet.
In this shocking twist of a story, is the strange visitor really the devil in this town or has the devil entered his own trap?

Short story inspired by Reedsy.com's weekly writing prompt: "Start your story with the arrival of a strange visitor in a small town."
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