Shady Dell Public Library

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By the time you spot the librarian, she’s already been watching you for some time.

The American flag waving against a fluffy cloud and sky, in black and white because we have no color photography in Shady Dell.
Victorian illustration of a hand holding a planet, surrounded by clouds and a scroll that says fato prudentia major.
Installation by Cameron Hunt, an official-looking sign that reads “this area slightly haunted but manageable.”
Terry Pratchett quote against a backdrop of a bookshelf: “The librarians were mysterious. It was said they could tell what book you needed just by looking at you, and they could take your voice away with a word.”
The cover of Crichton’s The Andromeda Strain with a picture of Earth on it
Stephen King as a young man, in a plaid jacket, sitting in a chair, staring at the fourth wall as if thinking of ways to murder it.
An old microfiche/film reader in front of a black curtain.
An eye drawn in the Victorian style, with the word “sight” under it
Album cover of Best of Hall and Oates featuring one blond white dude and one brown haired white dude with a very 80s mustache on a blue background.
A screenshot from Eraserhead, black and white. A man in a striped robe leans over a slimy, alien-like baby laying on a pillow.
Painting of a somber George Washington.
Five dolls dressed in various bright crocheted outfits on light blue background. The title is Crochet for Dolls by Nicky Epstein.
The back of Ma Bates’ head
A creepy-looking barn at night, with a large moon and many stars above it and a woods behind it.