• Whispers of the Unseen: Kay’s Final Night of 1976 Girl looking up for your book in a candle light setting
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    Whisper’s Of The Unseen – Dear Diary

    Whispers of the Unseen: Kay’s Final Night of 1976 Diary Entry: December 31, 1976 Dear Diary, It’s me, Kay. Tonight’s the last night of 1976, and everything feels… unsettled, like the world is holding its breath, waiting for something. I can’t shake the feeling that I’m standing on the edge of something big, like a secret just waiting to be uncovered. Something that’s always been there, just beneath the surface, only now it’s starting to reveal itself. I’ve always known I wasn’t exactly like the other girls in town. There’s something about me that’s different… beyond normal, I guess you’d say. I can’t explain it to anyone, not even to…

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    The Voice

    The Voice New Year’s Eve, 1976 The night had the kind of stillness that wrapped around you like an old blanket—a calm that was comforting and unsettling all at once. It was my last night in the house I’d grown up in. The house where pizza nights with my parents were as regular as clockwork, where sleepovers stretched into the early hours, and where the scent of childhood—old crayons, warm carpet, and a hint of vanilla from candles Mom loved—still clung to every corner. By tomorrow, this house would be just another vacant space, waiting for the next family to fill it with their own stories. Dad’s new house was…

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    The Cloud That Knew, and So Did I – Dear Diary

    The Cloud That Knew Diary Entry: Spring 1977Secrets in the Sky Dear Diary, That morning felt like any other, except for the cloud. It wasn’t like a normal cloud, though. It was… weird. I couldn’t stop staring at it. I remember pointing it out to Dad as he drove me to school, “Do you see that cloud?” He glanced out the window and said, “Yeah, what about it?” like it was no big deal. But it was a big deal. I told him, “It looks funny,” and he just shrugged, shaking his head like I was making something out of nothing. I tried to let it go, but that cloud…

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    Salem And The House of Seven Gables

    “How Do I Explain Feeling the Presence of the Dead? No One Would Understand” I don’t even know where to start. Today, something happened that I can’t explain. I feel like I’m losing control, like there’s something inside me that I can’t shut off. We went to Salem today—some tour thing with the Rebecca Lodge, my mom has sent me on. Everyone was so excited to visit the House of Seven Gables, but the moment we got off the bus, I felt it. That chill. It was warm out, but the air around me felt heavy and cold, like something was waiting for me. I thought I was just being…

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    The Heart Beat – Dear Diary

    Diary Entry – Autumn 1977 Whatever this “gift” is, I hate it. It scares me. Dear Diary, So last night was super freaky. My friend Julie and I were just driving around in my car, listening to music, when we started hearing this weird noise coming from the trunk. It sounded like “boom boom, boom boom.” At first, I thought maybe something rolling around in the trunk, but it was too rhythmic, almost like a heartbeat. I looked at Julie, and she had the same scared look on her face that I did. My stomach dropped because it reminded me of all the heart attacks Dad’s had. Dad has suffered…

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    The Night I Was Pulled from My Body

    I was lying in bed, drifting off, just about to fall asleep. You know that feeling where you’re half-awake and half-asleep? That’s where I was. And then, out of nowhere, I felt something at the foot of my bed. I couldn’t really see it, but I knew something was there. Before I even had time to react, I felt this pull, like someone grabbed me by my feet and started lifting me right out of my body. It sounds crazy, but that’s exactly what happened. I wasn’t scared, though. It was more like I was supposed to go along with it. All of a sudden, I was in this completely…

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