On World Book Day, a curious student stumbles upon a forgotten library rumored to be cursed. Inside, books whisper, shelves shift, and something ancient stirs—waiting for its next reader. This chilling tale will make you question every book you've ever opened…
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00:00Every year on World Book Day, my school held a quaint tradition.
00:04Students would bring in their favorite books and swap them.
00:07It was innocent fun.
00:10Until the year someone brought in a book that had no title, no author, and no cover art.
00:16It was just...
00:18black.
00:20Worn at the edges like it had been passed through too many hands.
00:24It radiated a strange warmth, like it had a pulse.
00:28When Paige Carter picked it up, she laughed and said,
00:33This one's mine.
00:35That was the last time she was ever seen at school.
00:39Have you ever felt unseen eyes watching you in the dark?
00:44Welcome to Nightfall Crypt, where shadows whisper, the unknown lingers,
00:50and every story is waiting for you to listen, if you dare.
00:55It started like a joke.
00:56Paige liked weird things.
00:59True crime podcasts, obscure novels, occult TikToks.
01:03So when she found the black book during the World Book Day swap,
01:07everyone assumed it was another one of her morbid fascinations.
01:10But by lunch, she was pale.
01:14Quiet.
01:14She didn't eat.
01:16She kept flipping through the pages, her fingers twitching like she couldn't stop.
01:23I asked her what the book was about.
01:26She blinked at me.
01:28It's... reading me.
01:30At first, I thought she meant it metaphorically.
01:35But when I caught a glimpse of the book's pages, my stomach dropped.
01:39The text shifted.
01:40Not like a lenticular image or hidden ink.
01:43It moved.
01:44Real time.
01:46Names appeared.
01:48My name.
01:49Pages.
01:50Our teachers.
01:50One line read.
01:53She should not have opened it.
01:56That night, I returned to school.
02:00Paige hadn't come home, and I knew where she'd be.
02:03The school had a basement.
02:06An old wing with a sealed library no one used anymore.
02:10Rumors said it was built on something older.
02:14Something that didn't want to be read.
02:17The door to the old library was open.
02:20Candles flickered on their own.
02:22And the black book lay on the librarian's desk, wide open.
02:28I stepped in.
02:30The air was thick with dust and incense, yet I smelled something metallic.
02:35Like blood.
02:37The shelves groaned and shifted as if alive.
02:40The books.
02:41They whispered.
02:43Some in languages I didn't understand.
02:46Some in my own voice.
02:48And then I heard Paige.
02:50She screamed my name.
02:52I followed the scream into a mirrored alcove.
02:56There she was.
02:58Trapped behind the reflection, pounding on the glass.
03:01Behind her, the black book hovered, its pages flapping like wings.
03:06Don't read it, she cried.
03:08It's a trap.
03:10It needs names, memories, souls to rewrite itself.
03:14I turned.
03:18The book was now on a pedestal, and my name had appeared on the page.
03:23It began writing my fears, my memories, my thoughts.
03:28He watches horror videos to fall asleep.
03:33He never cries, not even at his father's funeral.
03:36He doesn't believe in ghosts, but he should.
03:39The book split open like flesh, revealing hundreds of eyes, watching me.
03:46Mouths, whispering.
03:49Pages flailed like wings in a storm.
03:51Then silence.
03:54The book shut itself.
03:56Paige was gone.
03:59The next morning, everything seemed normal.
04:04Paige was listed as transferred.
04:06Her locker emptied.
04:07Her locker emptied.
04:09No one seemed to remember her.
04:12Except me.
04:13And the book.
04:15It now sat in the regular library, tucked between Goosebumps and Coraline.
04:20Waiting.
04:21They say books allow us to escape into other worlds.
04:26But what if some books escape into ours?
04:30Today is World Book Day again.
04:33The black book is still there.
04:37Still waiting for someone curious.
04:39Someone open.
04:41Someone like you.
04:45Would you open it?
04:46And so, the shadows stretch further.
04:52And the mystery only deepens.
04:54But this is far from the end.
04:57It's merely the beginning.
04:59What lingers beyond the door?
05:01Who is whispering your name?
05:03And what is that shifting in the corner of your eye?
05:07The answers await in the next chapter of these chilling tales.
05:12Subscribe to Nightfall Crypt.
05:14And hit the notification bell.
05:16Because the crypt secrets are endless.
05:20And the darkness never sleeps.
05:22Until next time.
05:23Stay in the light if you can.