The So I'm Dan Cummins and I will be sharing another original short story of the fictional

horror variety. I highly recommend noise cancellation headphones for the best listening experience.

Hope you enjoy this new nightmare. Time now for the tale of the Villa of Moonlight.

Such a be witching Villa. It possesses a certain kind of magic, yes? Like the buildings themselves or perhaps the land they are built on can cast a spell on you if the land wants you to stay. It can enchant you, lull you into never wanting to leave.

Just bask in its splendour, melt into its old stone floors, and become a part of it.

Ha! I say strange things sometimes, yes?

I hope that does not distract from what I try and tell you.

For one like myself, my name is Yura, Arilovich, and I am old.

I have been alive for so very long now, and for one who has moved so frequently for most of his life,

I am most fortunate to call this place my home now, and for many years.

The villa, it is an old home, built over three centuries ago in 1709, but three centuries,

ah, that is not quite so old for Pazin. Pazin, Croatia, a town that has seen so many homes, so many souls.

Bazin once belonged to Germanic and Italian rulers, before it was,

Croatia, for a place that appears so calm and beautiful, it has seen much chaos in darkness, much blood. It was sacked several times by the Turks and also by many others. Many different people have lived here,

fought here, lived and died here for thousands of years. And there are other things

I believe that have been around here for much longer than this.

The Romans once built walls, forts and homes,

you can still find many of their stones. There is a grand mass of medieval castle

in the center of Pazin, built on a bit of solid rock sometime before June of 983.

The first time it is mentioned in the known historical record by none other than the

Holy Roman Emperor himself, Otto II. Yes, I am a bit of historian. It is hard not to be

when living in the midst of so much history. There are now many beautiful villains here in Pazin, but I am partial to this one.

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