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DO NOT READ THIS BOOK AFTER MIDNIGHT
A Field Guide to What Finds Us in DarknessBy Dr. Robert LiPuma
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DO NOT READ THIS BOOK AFTER MIDNIGHT
A Field Guide to What Finds Us in Darkness
You’ve felt it—the shadow that lingered, the voice that spoke your name, the certainty that something was standing just behind you in the dark. You told yourself it was nothing.
This book is for everyone who knew it wasn’t.
Across cultures and centuries, people have reported encounters with presences that defy explanation. The details differ. The experience does not.
Do Not Read This Book After Midnight documents fifteen recurring encounter types, combining firsthand accounts, interpretations from science, psychology, folklore, and faith, and what remains unexplained.
This is not a ghost story collection or a debunking.
It is a map of the territory.
The book begins in darkness and ends in light—not to comfort, but to tell the truth: some presences want something from us. Others want something for us.
Read it in daylight if you want.
The night will come anyway.
And now you’ll know what’s waiting.
Audiobook details
GenreHorror
Length4 hrs 3 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJan 3, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
10CHAPTER 8: THE VISITOR AT THE END OF THE BED
2INTRODUCTION: A Field Guide to What Finds Us in Darkness
11CHAPTER 9: THE GIRL WHO SPOKE IN A DEAD LANGUAGE
3CHAPTER 1: THE SHADOW IN THE DOORWAY
12CHAPTER 10: THE MIRROR THAT REMEMBERED
4CHAPTER 2: THE CAT WHO WOULDN'T ENTER THE ROOM
13CHAPTER 11: THE DOG WHO WAITED AT THE DOOR
5CHAPTER 3: THE BOY WHO POINTED AT THE EMPTY CORNER
14CHAPTER 12: THE VOICE THAT CALLED HIS NAME
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6CHAPTER 4: THE WHISPER IN THE WOODS
15CHAPTER 13: THE CHILD WHO REMEMBERED ANOTHER LIFE
7CHAPTER 5: THE HOUSE THAT WOULDN'T LET THEM SLEEP
16CHAPTER 14: THE PRESENCE IN ROOM 403
8CHAPTER 6: THE ROOM WHERE TIME SLOWED DOWN
17CHAPTER 15: THE LIGHT THAT CAST NO SHADOW
9CHAPTER 7: THE DREAM THAT WARNED HER
18CLOSING CHAPTER: WHAT THE DARKNESS KNOWS
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