An abandoned hut in a fog-drenched orchard, two windows lit

Stories from 998

The Lights on 998

An illustrated horror story, one page at a time. No people are ever in the pictures. Only the places, and the lights somebody left on.

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Book one

Twelve chapters. Twelve streets.

Each chapter is a place on 998, and each place becomes a wallpaper in the Nightfall edition. Chapter one is open; the rest are being written.

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Chapter 01

The Letter

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Chapter 02

998

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Chapter 03

The Lamplighter

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Chapter 04

Too Many Windows

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Chapter 05

The Door Upstairs

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Chapter 06

Footprints

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Chapter 07

The Hollow

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Chapter 08

The Drowned Bell

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Chapter 09

Reflections

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Chapter 10

The Inn

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Chapter 11

The Forest Edge

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Chapter 12

Last Light

A fog-drenched orchard at dusk. Crooked trees arch over an abandoned hut where one window is lit.

Chapter one

The Letter

It was on the mat when I came home, face-down and wet at the corners, as if it had been waiting in the rain for someone else and given up.

No stamp. No postmark. Just four words across the front in brown ink that had run a little: To whoever finds this.