The Game We Don't Play Anymore

The game creates a new reality using the host’s thoughts and imagination. It feels like a dream most of the time, but when Camille Ward hosts a game for the first time she sends her friends into an unimaginable nightmare.When they come out of the nightmare, Camille can't shake the feeling that something else came with them. She knows that it is likely only her anxiety feeding her overactive imagination. She's dealt with the psychological disorder for most of her life, going on and off different medications and regularly seeing a therapist. For some reason, this time it feels different... it IS different. But that's what the anxiety always tells her.She can’t bring herself to play the game again, let alone host one. But then she discovers that a boy in her grade has used her likeness to create a perverse fantasy in his own game and Camille decides she can host one more time… just for him.What was intended to be a simple prank quickly becomes a new nightmare of its own. And this time, Camille can't just press 'restart.'

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