The Nightmare Teahouse: Forbidden Tales No Mortal Should Hear

At last, the listeners noticed that the Night Talker cast no shadow and never breathed. He chuckled. “It’s time to tell my story. I was the first to hear a story, and the three hundred and sixty-fifth to tell one.”

Everyone who had ever heard a story vanished on the same night, leaving behind only 365 blank notebooks. On the first page of each was written: “Your turn.”