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Hi listeners, I'm Jason Simon and I have a story I want to tell you.

A story of bedtime horrors, hungry and foul.

So gather around and listen.

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His shadow stretched in a column of light from the doorway into darkness.

Moonlight choked behind clouds turned familiar fixtures into undefined masses of bulging black.

He couldn't help but feel as though someone was there.

Perhaps it was a mad slasher from movies he shouldn't have watched alone.

Maybe it was a faceless horror from stories read too late at night.

It could even be what we all know deep down really lies and wait at night.

A flick of the lights quickly dissipated these intrusive thoughts as the furniture was stripped of shadow

and his familiar bedroom became tangible.

Like any other night, he first took out his walloting keys and set them on the nightstand.

Next, he sat down on the bed and peeled off his socks.

Plained down on top of the messy bed spread, he stared into his phone screen, delighted.

Perhaps scrolling through his feed to talk with friends or looking at a funny video to rid himself of that uneasy feeling of being watched.

Whatever he was doing, it wasn't working.

He kept looking away towards the open door.

Something was wrong.

His heart was beating and his chest gradually faster.

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