Horror Stories from Horrified - Volume One (2)

Mister Gr egor y glanced at the black door. It was just enough of a glance to be
noticed by Lily. The sor t of glance that told her all she needed to know.
As Lily delved back into the mur ky depths of Mister Gr egor y?s modified Dew ey
Decimal System, she continued w ith her discussion of the par anor mal.
"I?m sur pr ised you don?t believe in the par anor mal Mister Gr egor y, given the
histor y of Middleton and its connections w ith the occult. Resear ch into those
famous etched pieces of glass seems only to point in the dir ection of the
super natur al."
Mister Gr egor y r olled his tongue in his mouth.
"And then ther e?s the r umour s of the book that helped to decode the car vings.
The one that?s been lost for some time. Sur ely a super natur al book about haunted
glass epigr aphs w ould be something that you?d want to-"
Mister Gr egor y inter r upted Lily w ith a ster n tone.
"I do indeed know of such a book and I am awar e of such r umour s of 'haunted'
or 'super natur al' car vings. But they ar e just that: r umour s. I must kindly ask that
you r efr ain fr om talking about them in my pr esence. I am a r ational man, and
these tales ar e simply cr eated by fanciful people w ith nothing mor e to do w ith their
time than make up silly stor ies. Now if you?ll excuse me, I have some mor e office
w or k I need to see to."
Mister Gr egor y skulked up the stair case and thr ough the glass door , slamming it
shut w ith w hat seemed to Lily like a little too much aggr ession.
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As the day w or e on, Lily mulled over w hat could have gotten the old man so
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