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The Operator

The presence on the far side of the signal. He records people before he takes them; the tape is Wren's audition.

Appearance

Only ever half-resolved: a man-shaped smear of tracking static at the edge of frame — a cardigan, a microphone, a face the tape refuses to focus. On the oldest footage he is Lyle Aldous, KVHS's late-night host, who walked off-camera in 1994.

Appears In

The cover for the book 'The Tape' by Marin Vale
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The Tape

A YA Analog Horror Thriller (Found Footage, Cursed VHS Tape, Small-Town Dread, Supernatural Mystery) Marin Vale