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Manhunt for Brian Goode. In the brisk October chill, the residents of Devil’s Knot gathered outside the Community Center. They’ve come out in force, bristling with scarves and thermoses of hot drinks, cheeks pink against the cold, hiking boots strapped on. In the week since Brian was kidnapped there have been dozens of manhunts like this. He was taken last Saturday, but the spirit of the town remains hopeful. This afternoon the plan is to go through the campgrounds at the mouth of the forest, then fan out and cover the ground up to the town boundary. Maybe we’ve hesitated over canvassing the most obvious place -- the woods -- but no one wants to admit that they’re afraid. Because the campgrounds, that section of forest, the field beyond, and the abandoned barn: these are fragments of a familiar scene, one that happened twelve years ago, when Phillip Silverman was murdered. The manhunt starts at 2:00 PM and goes roughly until 6:00 PM, or whenever it gets too dark to see. Many residents are searching in small groups or pairs, and everyone in the town has turned out to help find Linda Goode’s little boy.

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6:00 PM ,14th October 1996. 

Linda walked down from the parking lot to the community centre. It surprised her to see how many people were already walking around there. A lot had showed up with food or other things that they wanted to give to the family. To her family. Most days it still didn’t feel real to Linda, she expected to open Brian’s room door and find his small back turned to her as he slept deeply. 

Someone came to stand next to her. It took her a second to push her memories away again as she turned to the person, sadness still evident on her face before she turned her lips up into a smile. “Hi, good evening,” Linda spoke up first, “Anything I can help you with?”

Community Potluck for the Goode family. It’s been a whirlwind few days, to say the least. The brisk October chill has settled into the bones of each and every citizen of Devil’s Knot, and the lack of progress in Brian’s search has everyone on edge. In an effort to come together as a community and reinvigorate morale, the Church has teamed up with the Town Council to throw a block party style potluck outside the Community Center. It is expected that each family bring a dish to share and try to keep spirits light. We will find Brian, after all. It’s been a few days since the town took to the woods to search for the missing child, a search which ultimately bore no fruit. With no leads, the police seem dangerously close to where they stood in 1984. Perhaps a new face might shed some light on matters... The event starts at 6:00 PM and goes roughly until 11:00 PM. Devil’s Knot has a strict sound ordinance and curfew in place given the current circumstances (but who follows the rules anyway?). 

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Leaning against the tree he stood under, David looked down at the plate in his hand, suddenly realizing that he wasn’t hungry. He just wanted to go home, crawl into bed, and listen to sad music. He didn’t want to be here and he certainly didn’t want to entertain the person he saw walking up to him. Not wanting to engage, David continued to stare at his food, waiting for the other person to make the first move. Maybe they’d get the hint that he really wasn’t in the mood to talk.