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Just Like the Ones He Used to Know: Part I
This is the first installment of Robert J. Wiersema’s holiday tale of the ghostly and the miraculous, written exclusively for [email protected] and appearing every day until Christmas Eve. Wiersema is the author of the national bestseller Before I Wake and the novella The World More Full of Weeping.
Dustin rose up from the bed with a half-groan that he held deep in his chest. For a moment, the idea of packing, of checking out, of travelling, seemed too daunting. Almost impossible. It would be easier to just lay back down, nestle into his pillow and watch the world unfold through the television screen, flicking between the Christmas specials and the local news.
They were predicting snow, though. “The first white Christmas in over twenty years.” That would be worth seeing.