Books, Furniture, and a Demon - One of These Antiques is Not Like the Others

[hauntingboston]

A week after Ruby visited the wealthy part of town with a paint brush in hand, Amelia Steigler -- young socialite, intended target of demonic mischief -- remained curiously void of any negative symptoms. Perhaps it was her strong religious faith that protected her, along with a plethora of catholic artifacts in her bedroom. Maybe it was the ivory statuette in the grand foyer of the family's home, a keepsake from a vacation on another continent. It could have been that demons don't always follow simple directions, preferring the element of chaos.

Whatever the reason, Ruby's invited guest had turned its attention elsewhere.

It landed on a brick building a few meters southwest of the Steigler property, which housed an independent bookstore and an antique parlor. The owners of both shops often worked in tandem, offering sales and open houses to attract customers.

So on Saturday, the sign out front read, 'SALE! 25% OF ENTIRE STOCK! SALE!' A wonderful aroma of coffee and cinnamon buns called to passersby, who had no idea what dark things might transpire if they entered...

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[serpent1ne]

Ruby stood in a darkened corner of the book shop perusing a collection of antique books regarding spirituality. One in particular caught her eye. Titled 'The Changed Cross', it was a collection of religious poems published by the Henry Altemus Company in Philadelphia at the turn of the previous century. She ran her fingers over its cover, which had been embellished with drawings of tall daffodils. On the first page, a penciled note read, 'presented to Master John Griffith by the Moxhane Sunday School, 1907'.

She flipped through its contents, thinking that most of the poems read like hymnal verses rather than literary yearnings.

"Hard pass." She tossed the book on a stack, picked up her coffee, and kept browsing.