When police officer Matt Klein returns to the quiet coastal town of Marshport, he hopes

for a fresh start with his family.

But a series of brutal, inexplicable deaths begins to unravel the town.

At the center of it all is an ancient evil bound to a seemingly harmless gift of an antique

advent calendar, a relic, counting down to the night when the light of Christmas goes out.

As the days slip by, strange voices whisper through the walls, people go mad, and reality

itself starts to crack.

The deeper Matt digs, the closer he comes to facing an evil that has been waiting for him for years.

Now with his wife and sons in peril and the final door of the calendar looming, Matt must confront the truth.

Some traditions were never meant to be completed. 24 days. 24 doors. All leading to one unholy Christmas Eve. Advent of Evil, a 24-episode

event on Weird Darkness beginning December 1st,

or get the entire novel at Weirddarkness.com slash advent of evil. So here's a sentence I never thought that I'd say.

A sovereign nation somewhere on Earth has signed paperwork to potentially build an embassy for aliens.

I'm not kidding.

This actually happened. I'm not kidding. This actually happened.

I'm Darren Marler, and this is weird dark news.

Now, before you click away thinking this is some internet hoax or April Fool's joke that

got posted on the wrong day, stick with me.

What makes this story fascinating isn't just that it happened, it's who made

it happen, and how they have been working toward this moment for half a century.

In 2024, the Alliance for Extraterrestrial Diplomatic Contact announced that a national

government, whose identity they are keeping confidential for now, has signed a memorandum of collaboration

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