It's time to turn off the lights and turn on the dark.

Chilling tales for dark nights. The Good evening, listener.

You're listening to Chilling Tales for Dark Nights.

On tonight's edition, we invite you to leave behind your safe reality and descend with us

into the frightening depths of the most terrifying imaginations, with two audio adaptations

of frightening fiction about dire deja vu and creepy customers.

I'm your host, Paul J. McSorley, and tonight and every other Wednesday night I'll be your guide as we traverse the dimly lick corridors of your darkest dreams.

Joining us tonight to help bring to life the frightening fiction of Ryan Major is none other than your host of the evening, Paul J. McSorley.

Now get your ticket ready, take your seat in our theater of the mines, and brace yourself.

It's time to turn off the lights and turn on the dark.

Our first tale this evening is written by Ryan Major and performed by Paul J. McSorley.

In it, we meet a man stuck in an endless loop of a sinister cycle.

Now, without further ado, I present to you, I've done this before.

I've done this before, more than 300 times, I think.

It's hard to keep track.

The current time for me is 5.32am.

In 45 minutes and 20 seconds, the thing will push the retracting ladder down from the attic

and drop into the hallway.

The creature is small but unbelievably fierce.

Standing two and a half feet tall, it is a dense chunk of muscle and sinew.

Glistered gray skin stretches tightly over its frame.

It has two stubby arms contrasted by long frog-like legs.

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