The Overlap is one of the Collectibles found in Alan Wake 2. It is one of the pages of the Return manuscript.
Transcript[]
The reality-changing influence of the Dark Place flowed like water flowed. Like fear flowed. Down the path of least resistance. Eroding weak spots until they cracked. In places where reality was more yielding. Where a story told and retold, imagination sparked and fear ignited again and again had softened the walls of reality. Sites of violence and tragedy. Where truth was laced with fiction. Where a work of art proposed an alternative narrative. Something people could suspect to be true. Something people felt strongly about. Something they feared.
The stronger the connection between the belief and emotional response, the better. The darker, the better. A ghost of a witch ripping a man's heart from his chest. Two brothers murdering their neighbors and hiding the bodies in a well. A young woman haunting the flooded bunker where she drowned. Bedtime stories, folktales, urban legends connected to a specific place. These were the sites where the Overlaps came to be.
Location[]
The page can be found among the rocks near the path leading from the Cauldron Lake shore back to Witch's Ladle.