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Topic: Folk Horror
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What Won’t Take Paint
Approx. 16 min read
Four bodies have come through Croy & Son with the same mark on them, and Dinah is the only one in Cawley who has ever gotten out a tape measure. The town has nine years left before the ground takes it.
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The Off Season
Approx. 24 min read
Russ Meacham takes a winter caretaker job in a lake resort town that empties out after Labor Day. The population sign says 8,412. Out of habit, he starts keeping a count in the back of his maintenance log, and the count refuses to grow. A quiet story about small towns, work, and the difference between an empty place and a place that only looks full.