Sunday, October 15, 2017
31 Nights of Halloween - Night 15: Strange Little Books, or, Terror at the Checkout!
Measuring 5 1/4 inches by 3 1/2 inches (or 13.335cm x 8.89cm), these arcane mini-tomes haunted the racks near grocery store checkout counters, crowded in amongst the gum and candy and beef jerky. Shockingly, they often had decent content, considering their size and impulse-purchase purpose. The strange and paranormal had a clammy claw-grip at the five-and-dime.
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I remember these! The very first time I encountered the "ghost train" story (i.e. the line that closed back in the 1800s but every so often, someone hears its whistle blowing and sees its ghostly crew passing through our dimension...) was in one of these.
ReplyDeleteOnce in a Blue Moon I'll see new ones still pop up at grocery stores, though they're becoming increasingly rare.
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