The Haunting Hour (A Short Story)
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After a nightmare bleeds into reality, a father uncovers a cursed manuscript that predicts his son's disappearance and traps its readers in a deadly ritual-pushing him into a mansion ruled by a storyteller who may be nothing more than a reflection of himself.
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