Mizpah 4: The Extra Houses
Book 4 of "Mizpah." Halloween night, 1989, fifty-three years to the hour since Mizpah vanished. Persimmon Road has eight houses, and every kid in Larkin knows it, so why are there eleven tonight, handing out taffy and thanking children by names they were never told? Shawn Taylor's little brother is trick-or-treating for the first time, the porch lights burn a color nobody can name, and the grown-ups cannot see the extra houses at all.
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What you'll discover
As you move through the story and make choices, your DISC personality profile takes shape across four traits:
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The Threshold Holder
You meet what frightens you at the doorway and plant yourself there. When the night runs short, you spend your own courage first so nobody smaller has to.
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The Doorstep Diplomat
You talk to the dark politely and make it listen. Your voice turns scared kids into a crowd with a heartbeat, and even a haunted porch minds its manners around you.
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The Homeward Shepherd
You count every head, carry the smallest one, and walk the outside edge of the group all the way home. Nobody drifts on your watch, and nobody is left behind.
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The Fine Print Finder
You find the rule hiding under the scare and read it back to the thing that wrote it. What looks like magic to everyone else is, to you, terms that can be met.
