The Lighthouse:: Deadmen's Reach
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Last published Fri, Jul 17, 2026
A young reporter, desperate to keep his job, finds himself thrust into a chilling assignment: interviewing a reclusive lighthouse keeper on the edge of a city plagued by strange and unsettling events. As he spends more time at the lighthouse, he begins to notice that the odd occurrences aren't just isolated incidents-they seem to be connected to the lighthouse and its enigmatic keeper.
The city around him grows increasingly bizarre, with strange phenomena, unexplained disappearances, and whispers of something ancient and malevolent lurking beneath the surface. As the reporter digs deeper into the lighthouse's dark history, he discovers that the keeper holds secrets that could unravel everything he knows about the world.
With his job, sanity, and very life at stake, the reporter must decide whether to keep digging into the mystery or flee before the lighthouse's pull consumes him completely.
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