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Michael Barnes
Michael Barnes

THE WITNESS

ELIAS REMEMBERED SOMETHING
THAT NEVER HAPPENED

It started with fragments.

A place he recognized but had never visited.
A photograph that shouldn't exist.
A memory of his brother that no one else shared.

Elias could have dismissed any one of them.

But then the memories began connecting.

And somewhere inside those impossible memories was something worse:

proof that December 21, 2012 wasn't the end of the story.

It was the beginning.

THE RECORD

THE RECORDING
SHOULDN'T EXIST.

It was recorded on December 21, 2012.

Elias recognizes the voice.

He recognizes what it's describing.

There's only one problem.

He doesn't remember recording it.

PRESS PLAY. THEN DECIDE WHAT YOU REMEMBER.

RECOVERED RECORDING // 12.21.2012

BEHIND THE RECORD

ABOUT MICHAEL BARNES

Michael Barnes is the author of The Record, a psychological thriller built around a disturbing question:

What if the world didn't end in 2012—you just don't remember dying?

Fascinated by memory, perception, and the unsettling space between what we know and what we only believe we remember, Barnes created The Record to leave readers questioning reality long after the final page.

The story explores fractured memories, impossible evidence, and the terrifying possibility that reality may be far less permanent than we think.

The Record is his debut novel.

SOME STORIES END. OTHERS FOLLOW YOU HOME.

THE RECORD IS WAITING

YOU'VE SEEN
THE EVIDENCE.
NOW READ
THE RECORD.

Some memories don't belong to you.

Some records were never meant to survive.

And some doors should never be opened.

THE WORLD DIDN'T END IN 2012.
YOU JUST DON'T REMEMBER DYING.

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Available in Kindle, paperback, and hardcover.

THE RECORD

The world didn't end in 2012.
You just don't remember dying.

© 2026 Michael Barnes. All rights reserved.

THE RECORD is a work of fiction.