YOU ARE THE 13TH

In Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya, there is a rule: Never look at the clock at 2:34 AM. That's when the forest counts its debt. Caelum, 16, broke the rule. At 2:34 AM, he heard it. A small boy outside his window, counting stones. Low. Quiet. Like a child. One. Two. Three. The village has only 12 graves. Everyone knows that. But the boy kept counting. He smiled at Caelum's window and whispered, "Thirteen." That night, the clock stopped at 2:34 AM. The wind stopped. The crickets stopped. At 2:35 AM, the clock started again. Caelum ran to the mirror. No reflection. He wasn't there. Because outside, the boy was still counting. And the 13th stone had just been placed. YOU ARE THE 13TH - A horror manga from Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya.