It arrived on December 1st. No postage, no return address, just a wrapped gift waiting on the porch of Officer Matthew Klein's home in Marshport, Maine.

Inside was an antique wooden Advent calendar. 24 numbered doors, a bearded face carved into its center with empty, knowing eyes, and a

secret, it would only open for Matthew. What emerged from those doors has turned Marshport

into a killing ground, a miniature house that burst into flames in Matthew's hand, an exact replica

of his childhood home in Bayville,

New York, where his parents and seven-year-old brother Stephen burned to death on Christmas

Eve, 1995.

A red feather that preceded a cardinal smashing into Pastor Hart's windshield, causing

a violent crash.

A crystal star that foretold the death of

City Planner Bridget Carr killed when the tree-topping star ornament fell and embedded itself

in her skull. A bloody cross that marked the murder of young barista Gwen Martin stabbed

through the chest. A miniature lion connected to Zach Welch, the honor student

turned puppet wearing a lion mask while carrying out attacks he cannot explain, and a photograph

of Matthew's own children, Logan and Mason. Matthew has been hiding for 30 years. He changed

his name from Norris to Klein.

He buried the truth about what happened that Christmas Eve, how he and Stephen sat at the

dining room table with a spirit board that once belonged to their uncle, their Uncle David,

the one the newspapers called the Demon of Bayville, the serial killer who removed his victim's

eyes.

Uncle David, can you hear us?

Stephen had asked.

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