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Coming up in this episode of Weird Darkness, I have two stories to share.

If creatures with eight legs wig you out,

the hairs of your body are going to stand straight up when I tell the story from Jonathan Bird called The Spiders Under Your Skin.

But first, I'll start with a short one.

It's written by Melody Grace, and it's called There's Something off about the lights next door.

Now, bolt your doors, lock your windows, turn off your lights, and come with me into the weird darkness. The There's something off about the lights next door by Melody Grace.

When I moved into Hollow Oak last year, I knew it was meant to be. The community was small and peaceful. Most of the

neighbors were very welcoming and the houses were absolutely beautiful. I just

gotten out of a terrible relationship that was headed nowhere from the very beginning, and I decided I needed a fresh place to start over. I was right. The day I unpacked was the best day of my life. I was free to finally be my own person again without the

dead weight of broken promises holding me down.

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