The Straw-Bound Ledger

Description: An old, leather-bound notebook with pages that crackle like dry leaves. The cover is tightly wrapped in frayed, yellowed straw, and a faint, smoky smell lingers around it. The pages are filled with cramped, frantic writing in a mixture of English, Latin, and an unknown script that seems to shift when not directly observed.

Acquisition: Recovered from the attic of a crumbling farmhouse on the outskirts of a Kent village in 1954. The house had been abandoned for decades, its windows dark and its walls leaning like the broken ribs of a long-dead creature. The ledger was found wrapped in a bundle of dry, crackling corn husks, the room thick with the smell of damp straw and rot.

Known Effects: Readers report a growing sense of unease, as if being watched by unseen eyes. Some pages are stuck together with a dark, rust-like substance, and those who attempt to pry them apart hear faint, whispered warnings in the back of their mind. A few readers have experienced vivid, disturbing dreams of twisted fields and whispering scarecrows, their faces hidden behind masks of straw.

Current Location: Stored in a glass case, Section 8, Row 3, its pages frozen in mid-turn, as if caught in a sudden gust of wind.

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