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A group of friends return to their place of childhood legend and roam the grounds of an abandoned hospital in the woods of Deptford County. One is drawn to a sealed iron door on the top-most floor of the facility.

Dr. Joel Emerson has been on an extended medical leave (and refusing comment on multiple pending investigations) from the university from which he so cherished. This was the final, however off-topic and rambling, submission for publication he sent the quarterly campus research journal.

A man visits the town of his college years, retelling the numerous stories of his friends and their life at a rented house. He is visiting under less-than-ideal circumstances, only to attend a funeral, and he finds that their old home no longer exists.

"It was a mass-produced and super commercialized item. We were, concurrently, super skeptical, but my brother was feebly open-minded, and I was always looking for a way to spook myself and my family out. The silly board game even had a 'glow in the dark' feature that added to the ridiculous nature of the whole ordeal. This led to Adam and I spending countless afternoons in the basement, sitting cross-legged on the floor in the dark, peering into the softly glowing, barely visible face of the Ouija board."

A very short piece of fantasy world-building, following a few men and their curious line of work revolving around a quiet, dusty shop in a quirky, distant city.

We ran for a reason.

A young couple becomes stranded in an industrial complex after riding a tour bus to the end of the line. The thrill of urban exploration proves too powerful and they find themselves even more lost and off of the grid.