Stuffed Apostle of a Coming Resurrection
“Stop clinging to it. It's the only way you'll see.” I woke up whispering those words after two days of sleep. But I suspect they were placed in my mouth by someone else. My monster girlfriend, perhaps? (I couldn't miss the new painting staring at me from the foot of my bed.)
A day later, after just 10 minutes (I think) of thrashing blindly about while trying to follow the music in the discordant world beyond, I stumbled back into the basement. Perched upon my pillow was a black teddy bear. A bloodied white ribbon held a golden bell around its throat.
Engraved on the bell was this:
Jesus arose, and so shall I. But I shall do it better. —A
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Secrets from a Church Basement: The Desperate Diary of Fresco Ayers
ParanormalGod won't save your life. But this book might. So says Fresco Ayers, a scientist struggling to save his daughter while protecting the rest of us from unfathomable perils that he helped introduce.
