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Creative Writing: Fremont County Library

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Wind howls across the wintry sky in the night as soft, cold snowflakes touch the ground. A tall, white skin lady walks up to the door bundled in a thick light blue winter coat. Clinging onto her library bag as if it were going to fall off. Linden stares at the sign that says ”Fremont County Library”.
The steel door opens, extending it’s automatic arm. Walking into a well-lit lobby she takes off her coat and places it on a rack. Moving across the arching shelves of books, she scans the hallway for anything new. Mumbling under her breath, “I wish someone would actually try to get new books,” The woman goes to the front desk. A young blonde teen sits in a blue chair daydreaming.
“Wake up whippersnapper,” she says in a booming voice. Startled, …show more content…

“I need to see if there are any new books. You are here to help me with that,” she said “Am I clear?”
“Yes ma'am!” The clerk searches the computer for new books and gives a face of confusion.
“What is it boy? Speak up!”
”uhhh… what is the most recent book you read?”
“You would know if you were paying attention!”
“Sorry ma’am!”
“The last book I read was the Sound of Silence.”
The clerk types on his computer and finds absolutely nothing. He says to the woman, “There are no new books, sorry.”
“I would like to speak with the management about the a book problem.” He is on the right,” the clerk winced.
Slowly walking to the right she meets a small, stubby, fat man stroking his beard. His clothes look similar to an appearance of a dwarf, “How may I help you?”
“I’m am looking for a new book”
“There are no new books since yesterday”
“Exactly, now fix it!”
“Why be so harsh? there are plenty of books you haven’t read. Let me pull some up” He goes to a computer and with a few click starts listing… Requiem of Light, Minuet of the Forest, Beldo of Fire, … I can go on and on honestly.”
“But, I want a new one.”
“Fine, fine there is one book that came in today, but surely you don’t want that …show more content…

Screaming in terror she grabs the wall. The caveman puts down the torch and fire spreads. Speaking the caveman say “ ahh.. fire grows.” Meanwhile, two more booms come from that room. Running upstairs to escape, she meets a blob of words that moves like liquid. Inside its body it has sentence that read “Even though the jungle was wet when the jungle rain” and “the lion roared now.” Staring at the poorly worded sentences and finds a mop from the closet. She whacks the blob pushing it back. In her room she hears a big lion roar. Fearful she rushes to save her stuff meeting the lion. This lion had his ear and tail mixed up and well as it leg with it head. The creature ran historically broke the T.V., candle, and the bed. Quickly she jumps out the window, injuring her leg. She limbs away from the burning house. After leaving the lion steps on the book tearing the pages. All the creature dissolves into dust and the house

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