Picture copyright: Claire Fuller
Roger Compton, Digital Archivist, thought the Librarian would be a big help.
She even made him tea.
But thereafter she sat behind her desk: watching, like a scientist observing a new species. In a sense he was; his equipment would digitise the collection – making her irrelevant.
He reached for ‘Josiah Winscott – Secret Life’.
Then stumbled.
Titles blurred before him.
“Help me….” he gasped, eyes bulging.
The Librarian stared.
Such a noisy man, and waited as the tea took effect.
Later, she placed ‘Josiah Winscott’ back on his shelf, before flicking through ‘Roger Compton – My Life in Books’.
Then filed him in ‘New Arrivals’.
This story was written for the Friday Fictioneers. Click the smiley blue guy to read more stories from other authors.
Creepy. And good!
I Iove libraries, but sometimes when they’re deserted and real quiet, I think they are a bit creepy.
Liked this very much! Wonder if Roger will become a best seller?
There’s a thought! Now the Librarian’s life story? That might sell a few copies!
Wow. That sucks for Roger, and I suspect, Josiah at one point, too. That librarian isn’t very nice. She surely knows how to protect her job. Remind me to stay clear. 😀 Well done.
Thanks Debra, my thoughts are that she’s been collecting people for quite a while, and she’s not going to give that up without a fight. Course, if she got a Kindle, she could carry a whole town load of people around!
LOL. That should could! 😀 I like the way you think.
Thanks Debra 🙂
My type of story!!!
Scott
Scott
Mine: http://kindredspirit23.wordpress.com/2013/04/24/friday-fictioneers-4262013-genre-fiction-rated-g/
Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
Ooooo! Remind me to NOT do MY autobiography … too many people absorbed in themselves. Nice job!
You’ll be ok, unless she gets a travelling library van!
Well, there’s absorbed and then there’s absorbed. (Absorbine Jr.?) oy.
Ha! Had to google that, I’ve never seen it here.
HAHAHAHAHA!
Ha! Don’t mess with librarians!!
janet
Yeah, she’s scary!
That’s good! Great idea. Well done.
Thanks Sandra. I did struggle to cut my excess words this week and keep the pacing. Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
Dear Trudy,
Now that’s one creepy librarian. I can picture this as a B&W episode of the Twilight Zone. Nice one.
Shalom,
Rochelle
Thanks Rochelle, I take that as a big compliment! I loved that stuff!
That was a very entertaining 100 words!
Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
So sinister, but I have so much sympathy!
Me too!
She makes her own job security…. “she even made him tea” … hahahaha… good for her.
Yes, I have some sympathy for her.
haha.. enjoyed the story
Thank you 🙂
Very sinister – and the moral is: never take tea with sweet innocent librarians!
Glad you like it, E.L. 🙂
Love it … but I’m sure Roger didn’t….
I’m sure he’ll be well looked after!
She’s quite a collector. I wonder what would show up on my pages if that happened to me? Interesting idea.
Well, poor Roger’s tale was cut a bit short! Let’s hope we’ve all got a good few pages to add yet 🙂
Fantastic! I wonder how she perfected that tea? Love the fierce librarian.
Yes, that would be an interesting recipe for sure!