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. There are a million ways to end up in the hospital.

Car accidents, sports injuries, slipping on ice, but getting shot by your dog?

That's a new one for most emergency room intake forms.

I'm Darren Marler, and this is Weird Dark News. On November 11, 2025, just after 11 p.m., Shillington Police Department

received reports of a shooting at a residence on the 300 block of State Street in Shillington,

Pennsylvania. The initial report indicated

a 53-year-old man had suffered a gunshot wound to his back. The dispatcher's thought process

probably went something like domestic dispute, break-in gone wrong, standard Tuesday night violence.

While officers were en route to the scene, dispatch relayed an update that probably made

everybody do a double-take.

A dog had jumped onto the bed and set the gun off.

Somewhere in that police cruiser, an officer probably turned to their partner and said,

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