“Does this mean it’s back? Have you had anything happen? What do I do?”
Joe is a journalist. He lets us know at the beginning of the book that he normally does not record personal events—but this is an important exception.
Joe gets a troubling email, from his brother, about a stereo that’s acting up on him. Then we begin to flash back…
It’s Christmas. Joe is 11; his brother, Jim, is 12.
The boys have a strict Christian upbringing—not even allowed to listen to any rock music. The harshest one is their mother; their father does want the boys to live a little.
This story moves along and sounds so benign…then it takes a very sharp turn.
Cool, creepy, spooky.
“You should never speak of such things. Speaking of them gives them power to come into your life.”