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The Lighthouse Keeper

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'you've been to the lighthouse?' 'once. two years ago. me and some friends. We were stupid kids.' 'and?' 'the door was locked then. but we heard something. Footsteps. Above us. in the dark. We ran.'

'what were the footsteps like?' 'Old. Heavy. Like someone ancient. And when we yelled, they stopped. Like they were *listening*. Then—I swear—we heard someone whisper from the dark: *who's there?*'

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