We used to stargaze every June

On our favorite beach, on a sandy dune

You’d hold my hands and make me laugh

I brought a bottle of wine, you had half

We discussed our plans for the upcoming years

Sharing our hopes and wishes and fears

My head on your chest, your fingers in my hair

Crashing waves and sweet salt air

You kissed my lips and gave me a ring

Everything was perfect until the next s...

At 3:33am, Sam was listening to a thunderous round of appalause. For the third night in a row, claps, cheers, and whistles erupted from the dark basement and lasted for exactly one minute. When the clock read 3:34am, the world was completely silent again.

The first night that it happened, Sam thought she was dreaming. A loud, sudden noise startled her awake and shocked her into consciousnesses. S...