A story in the Dark Tales Universe
Jack went to see his dying uncle, but was surprised when he was the recipient of a watch. Then even more amazed when he discovered that the watch could stop time.
Sally copies a story from the internet and publishes it, and it becomes a best seller. Life is great until the real author arrives wanting more than just his share of the royalties.
Dan wakes up in 1992, when he was just 15. He doesn't recall his past life in 2019 at all, nor does he know that various spirit guides have given him a do-over per his birthday wish. They've found their man and his fresh start will mean a very different adolescence at the head of a sex cult.
I ask in advance that you rate this story on its own merit and not as one of this site’s normal fare. I’ve slightly fictionalized it but it really happened. This story is fictionalized but it’s based on true events that were told to me by the woman who lived through it. She was in her late fifties when she told me and says I’m the only person on Earth that she’s ever breathed a word about it to. It took a long time for me to convince her that she wasn’t guilty of anything… that the fact that she