The Midnight Knocks

Part 1 — The Knocking Every night at 3:11 AM, Sam heard a knock on his bedroom window.

Always three slow knocks. Always the same rhythm. The first time,

he thought it was the wind. The second time, he blamed a tree branch.

But on the third night, he gathered the courage to look. When he opened his

curtains, there was nothing outside. No branches. No wind.

No footprints in the fresh dirt under the window. Just darkness. But the knocking

continued— right behind him. He froze. Slowly turned. And saw his bedroom

door shaking… as if something on the other side was trying to get in.