Drama in the Library on a Stormy Day
An eerie experience that made my heart beat faster
The wind whistled around the Bellflower Public Library where I worked. The rolling door that led from the back workroom to the attached bookmobile garage rattled. Was it only the wind trying to get in? The lights were off in the main part of the library because I did not want the public to know anyone was in the building.
I don’t remember now my reason for being there on a holiday. But it was one of those holiday Mondays that ended a three-day weekend. I still lived at home, and I was a clerk at the library. I had a key since I often had to open and close the building. I think I had actually just wanted a place to retreat and quietly read without anyone else around.
I might also have been planning to do some clerical work I was behind on. In those days before computers, there were always new book cards to be typed so the books could go back on the shelves.
Whatever I was doing, I heard the constant eerie noise of the wind and the rattling doors that would have made a great background track for a spooky movie. It was about three in the afternoon, and the sky was beginning to darken already. I decided to go to the staff room at the back, near the rear entrance to the library. I had stashed some snacks and drinks there in the…
