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Knocking on Heaven’s Door: True Stories of Unexplained, Uncanny Experiences at the Hour of Death

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The father who appears before you in a dream, hours before you find out he’s died. The accident you knew would happen. These tales are real—and collected in Opening Heavens Door. Read an excerpt.

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A humid night in summer, no sounds but the incandescent humming of the streetlamp, the tick of an invisible clock on an antique dresser. Ellie Black rouses quietly to consciousness at around 3, her eyes unfocused, mind placid.

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