Books like Darkness Tell Us by Richard Laymon
During a college party, six friends experiment with a Ouija board that had been secreted away after a previous death. The board connects them to a disembodied spirit named Butler, who claims to hold hidden treasure in a remote mountain location. As Butler’s demands grow increasingly ominous, the friends must decide whether to follow his cryptic instructions and risk the potential deadly consequences they may face.
First publish date: 1991
Genre: Horror/Supernatural Horror
Authors: Richard Laymon
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