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Meet the Cypher

Eleven of them.
You make twelve.

Every holiday has a Keeper. The rail runs in calendar order, so you can scroll your family’s year and find the one that matters to you.

The Static, a tall hooded figure made of swirling grey television static

The villain

The Static

It isn’t a person. It’s what’s left when the color and the sound get taken out of a day. It has no face. It can only take, and it has never made a single thing in its life. That’s how you beat it: you make something.

It never touches a kid on the page.

Start with Halloween.