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Departure Bird

1987

"It came every night for a month: a small, black bird that emanated evil. From 2 a.m. to 3 a.m., I’d see it on the windowsill. Sometimes it would ‘tap tap tap’ on the glass; other times I would hear it try to open the window or find other ways in. At first, I’d watch it with a flashlight, but its beady eyes were too unsettling. I thought about letting it in once, just to see what it wanted. I tried ignoring it; I even took sleeping pills before bed, hoping to get through its noise. No matter what, I’d wake up exactly when it showed up. Everyone thought it was kind of funny, but they didn’t understand—the thing had a heavy presence and looked in with such hate. Then fall came and I never saw it again."

- Anonymous


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It is often said that seeing a bird in the house is a sign of approaching death1, and this is true if the animal in question is a Departure…

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