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The Smiling Man

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Parts 5
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Reads 59
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Parts 5
Time 19m

They say when you die, your life flashes before your eyes.
But what if the smile that haunts you... has always been yours?

After a chance encounter with a man who never stops smiling, one young man's reality begins to fracture. Laughter twists into dread. Memories blur. And something begins to follow him. Something hungry.

In a battle between sanity and something far darker, he'll discover that the true horror isn't being hunted-
It's realizing who's been smiling all along.

A psychological horror with sharp wit, eerie tension, and an ending that will leave you questioning everything.All Rights Reserved

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Blue Cries

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