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Stolen Tongues

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

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Content Warning: This section includes discussion of anti-Indigenous racism, child death, suicidal ideation, graphic violence, and death.

Part 3, Chapter 19 Summary

Felix begins to doubt his own perception. He texts Colin and Tyler, his best friends, who agree to watch Faye while Felix returns to the cabin.


When he arrives at the Spencers’ home, Lynn apologizes profusely. She says that Faye has only been to the cabin once, and it’s where her night terrors began. She was five years old.

Part 3, Chapter 20 Summary

Lynn tells Felix more about that visit. Faye’s sister didn’t go with them. One day, as Faye and Greg played outside in the snow, Faye wandered off to the forest edge. When they found her, she appeared to be answering someone’s questions about her family. As he listens to Lynn, Felix realizes that whoever has been questioning her has been doing it for decades.


Lynn’s flashback continues. All of a sudden, Faye began screaming; she went rigid and her eyes rolled back. They drove to the nearest hospital, but when they got to town, Faye was acting normally again. The nightmares and sleepwalking started a few days later.


The next day, Greg gives Felix his truck keys and apologizes for not saying something about the weird things at the cabin. Felix takes this as a sign of Greg’s trust.

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